VetScan2 Blood Chemistry
Analyser:
The 'workhorse' of the analysers is the
Abaxis VetScan2, our blood
chemistry unit. With it, we can measure
and monitor a wide number
of blood parameters to give us a
host of information about the
functioning of your pet's
internal organs. We use it for
'pre-aenesthetic'
screening which lets us determine if your pet
can safely
undergo an operation. It also shows us
various
chemical and protein levels which may be an
indication of kidney
or liver disease, diabetes,
pancreatitis, or thyroid problems.
We can run a special
'geriatric' screening to determine the
overall health of
older animals. And, we can use it on healthy
animals
to pick up problems that may affect it later in life.
Despite it's small size, this is the state-of-the-art
in
veterinary medicine.
Hollyoak took delivery of the very
first
one in the UK! It's fast and accurate.
In as
little as 9
minutes, we can get the information needed to
help the vet decide
on a course of treatment. In
emergency situations where every
second counts, these fast
baseline results are crucial for the
making of life saving
decisions.
The added bonus is that this
analyser uses very little blood
-
only about 8 drops - to give accurate
and repeatable results.
Less blood means less stress on your
pet - that's one reason
why we chose the vetscan 2.
The vetscan 2 also does tests less expensively than
sending it to an outside lab. Those saving are
passed on to our clients!
And, it will also 'talk' to our
computer system which holds all
of our patient
records.
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Only
8 drops of blood
gives us accurate readings of
these blood chemistry
parameters:
ALB - albumin
ALP - alkaline phosphatase
ALT - alanine amino
transferase
AMY - amylase
AST - aspartate amino transferase
BA - bile acid
BUN - blood urea
nitrogen
CA -
calcium
CHOL -
cholesterol
CK
- creatinine kinase
CL-
-chloride
CRE -
creatinine
GGT
- gamma glutyl transferase
GLOB - globulin
GLU - glucose
K - potassium
Mg - magnesium
Na - Sodium
PHOS -
phosphate
T4 -
thyroxine
TBIL
- total
bilirubin
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