I have to choose a glucometer for my research on mice.
Many of those reported on publication are not available in Poland. I would like to know if some has experience with Accuchek Active or Accuchek Performa glucometer from Roche, as I am thinking to take this one.
Thank you in advance
In my lab, we use Bayer's version but at this point, I do not think that there will be drastic differences between Roche's version and other major brands. They are similarly reliable/inaccurate (depending on your outlook). I believe that all of the newer versions are also using smaller amounts of blood, which is important in mouse work.
Thank you. I guess you are right, however one company told me that with their glucometer I cannot use mouse blood because I will get error, so I ask some advice.
I guess Roche will be ok in my work.
Hi Federica,
I am using called - Freestyle Precision Neo by Abbott. As Tausif has clearly pointed out- it realty should matter if you use one for all animals, should work fine. With this, we could also measure ketone body, that is why we have bought this. But again you need a separate chip for ketone body.
Hi Federica, the Accuchek works fine, just as well as the published Ascensia XL (not on the market anymore). We successfully performed Insulin- and Glucose tolerance tests with the Accuchek. Note that we did averaged 3 measurements for each value so to reduce inter-measurement variability. Good luck!
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