| Material | sodium fluoride blood 1ml or serum promptly centrifuged after collection 1 ml or cerebrospinal fluid |
| Method | photometry |
| Duration | 1 day |
| Remark | - Increased blood glucose levels occur due to diabetes mellitus but also due to brain diseases, pancreatitis and M. cushing. Levels increase physiologically due to stress and after administration of glucocorticoids.
- Diseases of the liver, M. Addison and insulinoma cause hypoglycaemia.
- Drugs which can lead to hypoglycaemia are (among others): antihistaminics, beta blockers, anabole steroids.
- Dog: Starving young dogs of toy breeds tend to develop life-threatening hypoglycaemia in stress situations.
- Horse: The determination of glucose levels is a necessary part of the diagnosis of equine metabolic syndrome (EMS). For further information please see "Insulin“.
- In cattle hypoglycaemia indicates ketosis due to energy deficiency; hyperglycaemia is caused by stress and endotoxemia.
- The detection of glucose in urine is part of the “Urinalysis”.
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