Your Pet's illness won't always be obvious.
Regular Diagonstics can help your cat or dog live a long and healthy life.
Laboratory Diagnostics
Short Pump Animal Hospital is well equipped with a in house laboratory. Our Licensed Veterinary Technicians can perform Complete Blood Counts, Chemistry Profiles, and check for Parasites with in minutes and have results for the Doctors. We preform pre-anesthetic blood work on the same day as your pet's procedure so there is no waiting.
If for some reason we can not perform a test in our laboratory, we will send it out to the appropriate laboratory. The results are often available by 24 hours. Some diagnostic tests may need to be referred to a Specalist.
Some Examples of Lab work Done in our Laboratory are as follows:
General Health Profile- This allows us to assess the function of many internal organs such as the liver and kidneys and determine if preventive measures should be taken.
Complete Blood Count- Allows us to determine if a patient is dehydrated,anemic, or has an infectious or inflammatory process.
Urinalysis- Allows us to evaluate the urine for infection, inflammation, or crystals. A urinalysis may also allow us to evaluate your pet's kidney function.
Fecal Check- To determine if your pet has intestinal parasites, some of which cannot be seen with the naked eye. Your pet doesn't have to have diarrhea or vomiting to have intestinal parasites.
Heartworm/Lyme/Ehrlichia Anaplasmosis Test- To determine if your pet may be positive for heartworms disease,as well as tick-borne diseases like Lymes's Disease, Ehrlichia and Anaplasmosis.
T4 - To determine if a patient is suffering from Hypothyroidism, a metabolic disorder that can affect your pet's health.
EKG - Shows us the electrical current that allows your pet's heart to beat. Abnormalities identified may allow us to diagnose a primary heart conditon.
Blood Pressure Monitoring- To evaluate possible heart disease and compromised kidney function in some patients.
Remember Regular Testing is Prevention!!!!!