Evaluation of a portable clinical analyzer for the determination of blood gas partial pressures, electrolyte concentrations, and hematocrit in venous blood samples collected from cattle, horses, and sheep.
Abstract: To compare results reported for blood gas partial pressures, electrolyte concentrations, and Hct in venous blood samples collected from cattle, horses, and sheep and analyzed by use of a portable clinical analyzer (PCA) and reference analyzer (RA). Methods: Clinically normal animals (24 cattle, 22 horses, and 22 sheep). Methods: pH; Pco(2); Po(2); total carbon dioxide concentration; oxygen saturation; base excess; concentrations of HCO(3)(-), Na(+), K(+), and ionized calcium; Hct; and hemoglobin concentration were determined with a PCA. Results were compared with those obtained for the same blood sample with an RA. Bias (mean difference) and variability (95% confidence interval) were determined for all data reported. Data were also subjected to analyses by Deming regression and Pearson correlation. Results: Analysis of Bland-Altman plots revealed good agreement between results obtained with the PCA and those obtained with the RA for pH and total carbon dioxide concentration in cattle, K(+) concentration in horses and sheep, and base excess in horses. Except for Na(+) concentration and Hct in horses and sheep, correlation was good or excellent for most variables reported. Conclusions: Data from blood gas and electrolyte analyses obtained by use of the PCA can be used to evaluate the health status of cattle, horses, and sheep. Furthermore, the handheld PCA device may have a great advantage over the RA device as a result of the ability to analyze blood samples on farms that may be located far from urban centers.
Publication Date: 2010-05-04 PubMed ID: 20433376DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.71.5.515Google Scholar: Lookup
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- Journal Article
- Analytical Methods
- Blood
- Blood Analysis
- Clinical Examination
- Clinical Findings
- Clinical Pathology
- Clinical Study
- Comparative Study
- Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Diagnostic Technique
- Disease Diagnosis
- Electrolytes
- Equine Health
- Hematology
- Horses
- Laboratory Methods
- pH
- Veterinary Medicine
- Veterinary Procedure
- Veterinary Research
Summary
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The research study evaluates the effectiveness of a portable clinical analyzer that measures blood gas partial pressures, electrolyte concentrations, and hematocrit in blood samples from cattle, horses, and sheep, comparing its results with a reference analyzer. The study showed good agreement between both devices and suggests the portable analyzer could be particularly useful for analyzing blood samples in remote farm locations.
Methodology
- Blood samples were taken from clinically normal animals, including 24 cattle, 22 horses, and 22 sheep.
- Various measurements were taken using a Portable Clinical Analyzer (PCA). These included pH levels, partial pressures of carbon dioxide (Pco2) and oxygen (Po2), total carbon dioxide concentration, oxygen saturation, base excess, concentrations of bicarbonate (HCO3-), sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), and ionized calcium. Hematocrit (Hct) and hemoglobin concentration were also noted.
- The same measurements were then taken using a Reference Analyzer (RA), to serve as a control.
- The results from both devices were compared and a bias(mean difference) and variability (95% confidence interval) for all data reported were determined.
- The collected data were analyzed using Deming regression and Pearson correlation.
Results
- The analysis of Bland-Altman plots showed a good agreement between the results obtained with the PCA and the RA for pH levels and total CO2 concentrations in cattle. PCA also reported similar potassium (K+) results in horses and sheep and base excess in horses as seen in RA.
- Excellent or good correlation was observed for most of the variables reported, except for sodium (Na+) concentration and hematocrit (Hct) in horses and sheep.
Conclusion
- The results suggest that PCA’s data from blood gas and electrolyte analyses can reliably evaluate the health status of cattle, horses, and sheep.
- The portable, handheld nature of the PCA is an added advantage, particularly for on-site analysis in remote farms located far from urban centers, offering a versatile and efficient alternative to the larger and less portable RA.
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APA
Peiró JR, Borges AS, Gonçalves RC, Mendes LC.
(2010).
Evaluation of a portable clinical analyzer for the determination of blood gas partial pressures, electrolyte concentrations, and hematocrit in venous blood samples collected from cattle, horses, and sheep.
Am J Vet Res, 71(5), 515-521.
https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.71.5.515 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Department of Clinics, Surgery, and Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Araçatuba, SP 16050-680, Brazil. jpeiro@fmva.unesp.br
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Bicarbonates / blood
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Carbon Dioxide / blood
- Cattle / blood
- Hematocrit
- Hemoglobins / analysis
- Horses / blood
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Oxygen / blood
- Partial Pressure
- Regression Analysis
- Sheep / blood
- Species Specificity
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