Laboratory

Our in-house laboratories are open 7 days a week and offer the following routine diagnostic tests:

Small animals

• General health panel (Complete blood count, blood chemistries and electrolytes)
• Blood gases
• Blood coagulation panel
• urine analysis
• fecal analysis- for parasites exam and bacterial overgrowth
• bacterial/fungal culture and antibiotic sensitivity
• hematology
• Skin and ear cytology
• Organ biopsy for cytology and histopathology
• Parvovirus test
• Heartworm test
• FIV/FELV
• Pre-mating/breeding exam (sperm count and analysis, vaginal cytology and progesterone assay for estrus determination)

Equine

• General health panel (CBC and chemistries)
• Bronchoalveolar lavage cytology
• Zinc sulfate turbidity IgG quantitative test
• Coggins test (send out)

Other tests are sent out to accredited Animal Diseases Diagnostic Laboratories both in Canada and in the United States.