Laboratory analyses

LABORATORY ANALYSES

Dr. Margherita Cacini

The clinic is equipped with an advanced in-house laboratory, active every day, where numerous examinations are performed. This constitutes important support for clinical activity and patient monitoring. Specifically, the analyses performed are: 

 

  • CBC with blood smear reading and interpretation
  • complete clinical biochemistry
  • basic coagulation profile
  • haemogasanalysis 
  • physico-chemical analysis of urine
  • stool analysis
  • mycological examination
  • cytological examinations 
  • search by rapid elisa test for: leishmania, filaria, anaplasma, ehrlichia, borrelia, giardia, fiv-felv
  • parvovirus, coronavirus
  • test for dog-specific pancreatic lipase
  • test for cardiac hypertrophy in the cat
  • determination of blood group in both dog and cat 
  • hormone tests: T4, cortisol, progesterone, cpse (an indicator of benign prostatic hypertrophy)
  • serum and urine electrophoresis 

 

The facility also collaborates with external laboratories on advanced laboratory diagnostic tests such as histology, genetics and molecular biology.

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