Diagnostic performance of the BHBCheck β-hydroxybutyrate meter for hyperketonaemia in Indian cows and buffaloes

Autor: Deepak B. Patil, Vishal S. Suthar
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Tropical Animal Health and Production. 53
ISSN: 1573-7438
0049-4747
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-021-02955-1
Popis: The objective of the study was to evaluate diagnostic performance of the electronic hand-held BHBCheck meter (PortaCheck, Inc, USA; BHM) to determine blood, plasma and serum β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) against serum BHB determined using reference laboratory method of Randox D-3 Hydroxybutyrate Ranbut assay (RSM) in Indian cows and buffaloes. Blood samples were collected by puncturing coccygeal vessels for determining serum and plasma BHB using BHM and serum BHB using RSM from 217 cows (Gir breed; median 42 DIM and 3rd lactation) and 223 buffaloes (non-descript; median 39 DIM and 3rd lactation) from nearby herds. Cow-side blood BHB were determined with BHM. The Pearson’s correlation between blood (0.988; 0.987), plasma (0.985; 0.983) and serum (0.985; 0.983) BHB determined using the BHM and serum BHB determined with the RSM were significant. Bland-Altman plot demonstrated an excellent agreement between blood, plasma and serum BHB determined with BHM, against the serum BHB determined with RSM. For hyperketonemia with reference serum BHB cut-off values ≥ 1.2 and 1.4 mmol/L determined with RSM; recorded optimized BHB thresholds, sensitivity and specificity for blood (≥ 0.9 to 1.0 mmol/L; 91 to 95% and 88 to 98%) plasma (≥ 0.9 to 1.0 mmol/L; 91 and 100%) and serum (≥ 0.9 to 1.0 mmol/L; 92 to 100% and 85 to 94%) with BHM in cows and buffaloes. In conclusion, BHB determined with BHM demonstrated an excellent correlation, agreement and test characteristics with BHB determined with RSM, hence, can accurately determine blood, plasma and serum BHB in cows and buffaloes.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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