Our Diagnostic Services : In-house Laboratory

In-House Laboratory Services:

We believe your pet deserves a quick and accurate diagnosis! 

 

Our In-house laboratory can often answers in about an hour. Contrast this to sending all tests out to a commercial lab and then having your pet suffer and you sit waiting and wondering for days.

 

We have the equipment and trained, licensed staff to do the following tests in-house:

 

Bacterial Culture and Sensitivity. - This first tells us if there is a bacterial infection and second, what that bacteria is and which antibiotic has the best chance of eliminating it.

 

Bile acid liver tests. - Up until recently Bile Acid test could only be done at outside labs which often means waiting several days for the results to come back. Now we can do these tests here in Portville. Bile acids tell us how well the liver is functioning.

 

Complete automated CBC (Complete Blood Count). including Platelets, Reticulocytes, Eosinophils and nucleated RBCs. Automated CBC equipment for veterinarians has been available for 15 or so years. Equipment that can give reliable counts on all the important cells has only recently become available. We have the latest equipment.

 

Manual evaluation of a blood smear for every CBC. Many veterinarians have automated CBC equipment. Unfortunately, that equipment alone provides only a partial view of a pet's blood cells. Automated equipment often gets confused and spits out numbers that end up meaning nothing. Results of an automating CBC are sometimes misleading unless it's coupled with a trained professional reading the blood slide. 

 

Complete Urinalysis. This is a pretty simple test that gives very important information. We have the equipment and trained, licensed staff to do it right!

 

Fecal flotation via centrifugation.  This is the most accurate method of diagnosing infections with intestinal parasites.

 

Routine blood chemistries. Liver, kidney and blood glucose tests.

 

Serum electrolytes. These are especially important with cases of vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration and urinary obsturciton.

 

T4 thyroid tests. The results of this test are especially important to older sick cats. Hyperthyroidism is a common disease that hits that group of pets. Our laboratory equipment allows us to get T4 results in less than an hour. What would you rather do, find out what's wrong with your pet in an hour or sit around for a day or two to get the results from an outside lab?

 

We provide great pet health care in a professional, friendly, relaxed setting for pets

of Olean, Portville, Wellsville, Bradford, Cuba, Smethport and Coudersport.