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

  • Basic haematology (complete blood count): red blood cells, haemoglobin, haematocrit, MCV, MCH, MCHC, reticulocytes, platelets, leukocyte differential, RDW, MPV and PRW
  • Blood smear examination
  • 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

  • Ammonia                                                                                             
  • Bile acids
  • C-reactive protein
  • Fructosamine
  • Iron
  • IgG / IgM (specify type)
  • Canine/feline specific pancreatic lipase
  • Basic coagulation profile: platelets, fibrinogen, prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
  • Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC): platelets, fibrinogen, PT, aPTT, D-dimer
  • 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)
  • Total proteins, albumin, α, β and γ-globulins, albumin/globulin ratio
  • Sodium (Na), potassium (K), chloride (Cl), pH, pCO2, total CO2, bicarbonate (HCO₃⁻), anion gap, base excess, and ionized calcium
  • 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
  • Faecal parasitological examination
  • Larval migration test
  • Serial faecal parasitological examinations
  • Faecal occult blood test

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