Services
Imaging and laboratory
Benefit from the latest advances in veterinary imaging and diagnostics at Mon Vet Inc. Our cutting-edge technologies in radiography, ultrasound and laboratory analysis allow for rapid and accurate diagnoses for the optimal well-being of your animals.
Digital radiography
Operating principle
- A stationary tube emits a wide beam of X-rays.
- The beam passes through the patient and creates a shadow on a phosphor plate.
- A scanner scans the plate and then produces an image which is downloaded by a computer.
Indications
- Obtain a global static image of organs and structures.
- Assess the position, size and contour of organs.
- Visualize certain foreign bodies, urinary stones, mass effects, fluid accumulation, fractures, etc.
Ultrasound
Operating principle
- A probe, applied to the animal, sends waves which are reflected by the organs.
- The probe captures these images and then transmits them to a screen.
- The images appear in real time as different shades of gray.
Indications
- Assess the movement and architecture of organs and tissues.
- Measure the size of organs and tissues.
- Detect masses.
- Visualize urinary stones or non-radiopaque foreign bodies.
- Confirm/exclude a suspected abnormality on X-ray.
- Guide the operator to take fluid or sample samples to be submitted for cytology or biopsy.
- etc.
Endoscopy
Operating principle
- The endoscope is a long tube of optical fibers surrounded by a protective sheath. At its end, there is:
- a clamp.
- a video camera that captures moving images in real time and then projects them onto a television screen.
Indications
- Assess the digestive tract (from the mouth to the proximal portions of the small intestine, colon).
- Assess the upper respiratory tract (nasal cavities, trachea, bronchial tree).
- Assess the bladder and genital tract of females.
- Remove (some) foreign bodies.
- Take (superficial) tissue samples for biopsies.
Laboratory
Our internal laboratories are equipped with high-performance equipment that allows us to perform numerous analyses on site and thus obtain results quickly, most of the time in less than an hour.
This is particularly advantageous in urgent situations where early diagnosis can mean the difference between administering the appropriate treatment for the test animal’s condition and administering symptomatic treatment “blindly”. Not to mention that the decision whether or not to proceed with the required treatment is easier for owners to make when they know what they are dealing with.
Even when the situation is not urgent in itself, it is useful to have the test results in hand before the clients even leave the premises. Also, by doing the tests ourselves rather than sending the samples to an external laboratory, the follow-ups of hospitalized cases are more efficient because the wait time for results is much shorter.
Blood tests (hematology and biochemistry), urine and stool analysis, evaluation of the hormonal system (cortisol, thyroid hormones, etc.), cytologies (observation of cells under a microscope) of skin lesions or ear secretions, screening for heartworm and Lyme disease in dogs, screening for feline leukemia and AIDS viruses in cats, etc.