What is wellness testing?
In our hospitals, this refers to the evaluation of both blood and urine in senior pets. A senior pet can be as young as 7 years old or as old as 10 years of age depending on the species and the size of the pet. While we perform a thorough evaluation of an animal during the yearly or twice yearly examination, and question the guardian of the pet closely as to any potential problems that they have noticed, we can only determine so much about a pets health. This is because certain problems are under the surface. Not yet detectable. We want to know about a condition before the condition becomes a problem. In order to do this, we take samples of blood and urine and perform analysis of these samples. This gives us a great deal of information about the workings of the various organ systems, especially the white blood cells, the red blood cells, and the kidney and the liver. If we find a developing problem before it becomes serious, we have a much greater chance of preventing or delaying furth
