Diagnostic Laboratory

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Our animal hospital includes an in-house fully equipped laboratory providing cutting edge diagnostic testing of your pet’s medical condition. This allows us to perform same day diagnostic testing so we can rapidly formulate a treatment plan for your pet. We also have the ability to screen for and diagnose cancerous lesions, fungal infections and parasites.

A sample of our in-house laboratory includes:

  • Complete Blood Count
  • Blood Chemistry Profile
  • Electrolyte analysis
  • Thyroid test
  • Urinalysis
  • Tissue Cytology to determine if lesions are cancerous
  • Fungal Cultures
  • Intestinal Parasite Analysis
  • Heartworm test
  • Tick-borne disease testing
  • Feline Leukemia Virus/Feline Immunodeficiency Virus/Heartworm testing for cats
  • Pancreatitis test
  • Parvo test
  • Ear cytology

Proper diagnosis of the underlying cause of your pet’s illness is the key to successful treatment. Because of this, Southern Crossing Animal Hospital also provides an outside reference laboratory to perform more specialized tests. Our reference laboratory also performs our early disease blood panels for our annual preventative care visits.