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Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Bannockburn, IL

Diagnostic tests play a vital role in reaching a diagnosis for your pet. Veterinary Specialty Center’s onsite Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory provides a wide range of tests and services to assist our doctors in the timely diagnosis of our patients. Our on-site testing is provided by the University of Illinois’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and is fully accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians.

Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Tests

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Veterinary Diagnostic Lab In Bannockburn Il

Some of the diagnostic testing we perform in-house includes:

  • Chemistry (profiles, bile acids, bromide, fructosamine, phenobarbital)

  • Coombs

  • Coagulation (fibrinogen, FDP, PT, PTT)

  • Urinalysis

  • Hematology (CBC, platelet count, reticulocytes)

  • Centrifuged fecal float

  • Urine protein to creatinine ratio (UP:UC)

Outside Laboratory Support

Biopsy, microbiology, and endocrinology testing are forwarded to the University of Illinois Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Urbana. When needed, we work with other outside laboratories to obtain results for a small range of tests not available at VSC.