Laboratory Equipment and Services
Mountainview Animal Hospital has an on-site laboratory which allows us to run fecal tests, cytology of fluid, urine and tissue samples, urinalysis, many blood tests, often in less than one hour.
Having test results this quickly is a nice convenience for surgical patients requiring wellness blood tests before their surgery. It is also a great advantage for our critically ill patients, having test results so quickly allows us to start our treatments earlier.
On occasion there are tests that we cannot perform in our laboratory. We send those samples to an accredited outside laboratory, often still receiving results in less than 24 hours.
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FUNFACT:
French poodles did not originate in France. Poodles were originally used as hunting dogs in Europe. The dogs’ thick coats were a hindrance in water and thick brush, so hunters sheared the hindquarters, with cuffs left around the ankles and hips to protect against rheumatism. Each hunter marked his dogs’ heads with a ribbon of his own color, allowing groups of hunters to tell their dogs apart.
