Animal Diagnostic Lab in Arlington

A fecal exam is the microscopic examination of your pet's feces, which can be done at our in-house vet lab in Arlington.

The ultimate goal of a fecal exam is to identify and treat any GI infections that could be compromising your pet's health and even the health of your family. Fecals allow your vet to determine if your pet has intestinal parasites such as roundworms or hookworms. 

Parasites can make pets uncomfortable, irritable, and lead to more serious conditions. Some can even be transmitted to humans.

Since these parasites live in your pet’s gastrointestinal tract, they are often hidden from view. The only way to detect them is with a fecal exam.

Annual fecal examines should be a vital part of every pet's routine wellness exam.  

Using a radiograph (digital x-ray), we can examine your pet's internal systems to reveal information that may be invisible from the outside. 

Radiography is safe, painless and non-invasive. It uses only very low doses of radiation. Because the level of radiation exposure required to perform radiography is very low, even pregnant females and very young pets can undergo this procedure. 

Radiographs can be used to evaluate bones and organs, and diagnose conditions including broken bones, chronic arthritis, bladder stones, spinal cord diseases and some tumors. 

The use of diagnostic imaging allows our team of veterinary professionals to create extremely detailed images of your pet's internal structures.

With ultrasound imaging, we expose part of the body to high-frequency sound waves to produce images of the inside of the body. 

Because we capture ultrasound images in real-time, we can see the structure and movement of your pet's internal organs, as well as blood flowing through the blood vessels.

Having this valuable technology available to our vets in our in-house lab means that your dog or cat's condition can be diagnosed quickly and treatment can start sooner. 

An endoscope is comprised of a very tiny camera with a light attached to the end of a flexible tube.

When we perform an endoscopy, a long, thin tube is inserted directly into the body to observe an internal organ or tissue in detail.

Minimally invasive endoscopes can be inserted into the openings of the body such as the mouth or anus.

At our vet lab in Arlington we are able to run a number of common and specialized blood tests to determine the health of your pet, and to diagnose illness.

Some of the most common veterinary blood tests we do are CBC (complete blood count), white blood count, hemoglobin and MCHC (mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration), hematocrit, platelets, eosinophils, and blood serum profile. 

Early detection is crucial in treating heartworm disease, as it can lead to serious complications such as lung disease, heart failure, and even death.

Therefore, regular heartworm testing and preventative measures are strongly recommended by veterinary professionals to ensure the health and well-being of pets.

Skin and ear cytology are diagnostic procedures that involve the examination of skin or ear canal samples under a microscope.

 These procedures are typically performed in conjunction with a physical examination and other diagnostic tests to provide a comprehensive assessment of the animal's health.