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What if I'm short a strip for my dog's glucose curve test?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 14 years and 10 months old | 16 lbs

When testing dog glucose I am short one strip to complete the 12

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Answered By Rodrigo Roca, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on January 19th, 2020

Hello, if you have gotten 11 readings so far, this should be enough to perform a curve. If need to measure the glucose for dosing purposes, most of the glucometers are based from humans and you may be able to find the same strips at your pharmacy. Hope this helps and best of luck

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