Oral Glucose Test with insulin determination

equine metabolic syndrome (EMS)

serum 1 ml (centrifuged soon after sampling, pipetted off and at least refrigerated – preferably frozen)

The horse must fast overnight (hay/straw only ration).
In the morning, it gets: 1g/kg bdw of glucose.
Blood collection to determine insulin levels after 2 hours.

insulin

CLIA

horse

1 day

> 69 μU/ml insulin is indicative of insulin dysregulation (ID)