Abstract
Measurements of glucose concentration by urinalysis test papers are generally accepted for kidney diseases and diabetes mellitus（DM）examinations in veterinary medicine, but the actual urine glucose concentration values have remained undetermined. Here, by using a digital meter（UG-120-H; Tanita,Tokyo）, we identified the urine glucose concentrations in 233 dogs and 124 cats. In the physiological conditions, the sugar concentrations of the dogs' urine（36±17 mg/dL）were significantly higher than those of the cats（32±12 mg/dL）, and the excretion of glucose into urine increased with an age-dependent manner in both the dogs and cats. Our findings suggest that this digital device enables the identification of the existence of 30 - 40 mg/dL glucose in the urine of healthy dogs and cats.
