Veterinary Clinical Pathology
The Clinical Pathology Service provides comprehensive veterinary laboratory testing for both small and large animals , with particular expertise in equine diagnostics . Our service is dedicated to delivering accurate and high-quality laboratory results – essential for precise diagnosis and effective clinical decision-making.
In addition to generating reliable analytical data, the veterinary laboratory team is responsible for diagnostic interpretation and clinical correlation of results, the preparation of detailed reports and their integration with other diagnostic information from specialist areas such as diagnostic imaging and anatomic pathology. This multidisciplinary approach ensures comprehensive, continuous and evidence-based care for every patient.
Clinical Pathology Services
Haematology
- Basic haematology (complete blood count): red blood cells, haemoglobin, haematocrit, MCV, MCH, MCHC, reticulocytes, platelets, leukocyte differential, RDW, MPV and PRW
- Blood smear examination
Biochemistry profiles
- Basic/pre-operative profile: albumin, ALT, lactate, bilirubin, creatinine, GGT, ALP, glucose, total proteins, cholesterol, urea
- Complete equine profile: AST, total bilirubin, CK, creatinine, ALP, fibrinogen, glucose, total proteins, urea, GGT, magnesium, albumin, phosphorus, calcium
- Complete profile: albumin, ALT, calcium, cholesterol, creatinine, ALP, GGT, total bilirubin, phosphorus, glucose, total proteins, triglycerides, urea
- Equine muscle profile: AST, CK, creatinine, LDH, urea, fibrinogen, electrolyte panel
- Hepatobiliary profile: albumin, ALT, total bilirubin, cholesterol, ALP, GGT, glucose, total proteins, urea
- Equine hepatobiliary profile: albumin, AST, total bilirubin, triglycerides, ALP, GGT, glucose, total proteins, urea, fibrinogen
- Pancreatic profile: albumin, ALT/GPT, calcium, cholesterol, creatinine, ALP, glucose, canine and feline pancreatic lipase, triglycerides, urea
- Basic renal profile: albumin, ionized calcium, creatinine, phosphorus, glucose, total proteins, urea
- Basic renal function tests + UPC: albumin, ionized calcium, creatinine, phosphorus, glucose, total protein, urea, UPC (urine protein/creatinine ratio)
- Equine renal profile: albumin, calcium, creatinine, phosphorus, glucose, total proteins, urea, fibrinogen
- Neurological profiles:
- Initial assessment: bile acids, ALT, total bilirubin, cholesterol, ALP, glucose, total proteins, triglycerides
- Follow-up: bile acids, ALT, cholesterol, triglycerides
- Reduced follow-up: ALT, cholesterol, hematocrit
- Electrolyte panel : sodium, potassium, chloride
COMPLETE LABORATORY PANELS: basic haematology, basic biochemical profile and electrolyte panel
COMPLETE EQUINE PANEL: Basic haematology, complete equine biochemical profile and electrolyte panel
Additional tests
- Ammonia
- Bile acids
- C-reactive protein
- Fructosamine
- Iron
- IgG / IgM (specify type)
- Canine/feline specific pancreatic lipase
Coagulation profiles
- Basic coagulation profile: platelets, fibrinogen, prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC): platelets, fibrinogen, PT, aPTT, D-dimer
Urinalysis
- Basic urinalysis: dry chemistry (urine specific gravity, pH, glucose, bilirubinuria, haemoglobinuria, myoglobinuria, ketone bodies) and sediment examination
- Complete urinalysis : dry chemistry, urinary sediment examination and urine protein/creatinine ratio (UPC)
Serum protein electrophoresis
- Total proteins, albumin, α, β and γ-globulins, albumin/globulin ratio
Arterial blood gas analysis
- Sodium (Na), potassium (K), chloride (Cl), pH, pCO2, total CO2, bicarbonate (HCO₃⁻), anion gap, base excess, and ionized calcium
Body cavity fluid analysis
- Pleural fluid: albumin, cytology, glucose/lactate, total proteins, triglycerides, cholesterol
- Peritoneal fluid: albumin, cytology, glucose/lactate, total proteins, triglycerides, cholesterol, urea, and creatinine
- Synovial fluid: cytology, glucose/lactate, total protein, viscosity (mucin clot test)
- Bronchoalveolar lavage and transtracheal aspirate: cytology, glucose/lactate, total proteins
- Cerebrospinal fluid: cytology, glucose/lactate, total proteins (albumin and globulins)
- Cytological examination
Parasitic disease profiles
- Faecal parasitological examination
- Larval migration test
- Serial faecal parasitological examinations
- Faecal occult blood test
Infectious disease profiles
Microbiological profile (currently performed using SNAP tests. In the near future, we plan to introduce additional methods for the detection of infectious diseases most frequently encountered in daily clinical practice at our hospital):
- Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma platys
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Dirofilaria spp.
- Ehrlichia canis and Ehrlichia ewingii
- Giardia
- Leishmania
- Parvovirus
Our team
Amparo Bosch
- Técnico de laboratorio