​Laboratory Testing

Heart disease in pets is quite common especially as they age which is why early diagnosis and treatment is key in allowing your pet a longer, better quality of life. And while hospitalization may be necessary for some cardiac conditions, most can be managed on an outpatient basis.

Since your sick pet cannot tell us what is wrong, veterinarians must sometimes supplement physical exams with sophisticated diagnostic testing. Triboro Animal Hospital is equipped with a complete, sophisticated diagnostic laboratory that allows us to measure more than 100 laboratory values, with results often available in a few minutes. In addition, we work with several outside referral labs if your pet requires specialized testing.

Along with heartworm testing, complete blood count, blood-chemistry panel, urinalysis and fecal examination are the most common laboratory tests performed at our hospital. Below are short descriptions of each test