Iori Koizumi

Point-of-care measurement of total thyroxine in African pygmy hedgehogs may be clinically useful, although interpretation remains complex.

T4 measurement using an EIA analyzer may be clinically useful in hedgehogs; however, high T4 concentrations should be interpreted cautiously in conjunction with clinical findings and concurrent disease because altered T4 concentrations may reflect diverse clinical conditions rather than primary thyroid disease alone.