Freestyle Optium Neo meter

A blood glucose and ketone monitoring system designed for use with diabetic human patients, but after ketone strips were produced for use with the device, it has been widely adopted by vets and dairy farmers to monitor ketones in cattle.

The measurement is given 10 seconds later

If used in cold conditions the meter and test strips must be kept warm

Features

• Simple icon-driven menus
• Stores up to 1,000 tests
• Has a 30-second sample reapplication time
• Can also measure blood glucose

Pros

• Cheap and readily available from pharmacies and veterinary supply companies
• Widely evaluated by vets who have found it highly accurate for testing dairy cow blood
• large, high-contrast display is easy to read
• Testing strips are individually foil-wrapped to minimise contamination