Veterinary Service
Pet Diagnostics
At Hometown Veterinary Care, our in-house diagnostics include bloodwork and specialty tests, assuring quick and accurate results for your pet’s health.
Pet Diagnostics
Our lab is equipped to run many diagnostic tests in-house, which allows us to have results quickly–often before our clients have finished their appointments. If your pet requires a test that is more specialized, we partner with a number of state-of-the-art diagnostic labs and can ship samples overnight for fast and accurate results. Below is a list of frequently run diagnostics.
Bloodwork, including, but not limited to:
- Blood chemistry with CBC
- Total T4
- Canine heartworm and tick-borne disease screening
- Feline Leukemia and FIV screening
- Feline and canine pancreatic lipase testing
- Blood glucose curves/diabetic monitoring
- Manual packed cell volume & total protein
- Blood smears/cytology
Parasite screenings:
- Intestinal parasites via fecal cytology
- Ear mites via ear cytology
- Skin mites (mange) via skin scraping & cytology
Bacterial & fungal diagnostics:
- Urinary tract infections
- Ear infections
- Bacterial overgrowths of the digestive tract via fecal cytology
- Ringworm via culture
