Pet Laboratory Diagnostics

Pet Laboratory Diagnostics

NHVH has much to offer for laboratory diagnostics. We work very closely with an excellent laboratory that picks up our specimens twice daily. This will get us swift but accurate results. We also have the capability of performing blood work here in the hospital. This is a great advantage for emergency or sick appointments. We will have results within minutes that will help to provide the doctor with the best treatment plan. NHVH recommends doing preoperative blood work before any anesthetic procedure, such as spay or neutering. This will set a baseline to compare future blood work. We also recommend yearly blood work for all our patients and twice yearly for senior patients. This way, even if your pet does not display symptoms, we can detect them early and treat them proactively. NHVH recommends doing a yearly heartworm test on all dogs. This test checks for tick-borne diseases as well, which are becoming more common in our area.