Internal Medicine

Specialists on our team of staff veterinarians include Diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (DACVIM). We offer advanced diagnostics and expertise for complex internal medicine cases:

   

• Cardiac: Complete cardiac exam including echocardiography and electrocardiography

   

• Endocrine: Complete physical exam and evaluation of lab work with long-term management strategies 

      

• Gastrointestinal: Abdominal ultrasound, abdominal paracentesis, absorption tests, gastroscopy and gastric/duodenal or rectal mucosal biopsy procedures

   

• Infectious Disease: Complete evaluation, diagnostics, and treatment, along with recommendations on biosecurity strategies for the farm

   

• Liver Disease: Ultrasound, ultrasound-guided biopsy, treatment and monitoring

   

• Muscle Disease: Biopsy and dietary recommendations 

   

• Neonatal: Comprehensive evaluation of the sick neonate, intensive care and monitoring

   

• Neurologic: Thorough neurologic exam and atlantoocciptal, lumbosacral or ultrasound-guided atlanto-axial cerebral spinal fluid sampling and interpretation, radiography and cervical facet injection, as well as treatment and monitoring of neurologic patients requiring hospitalization with Anderson sling available

   

• Respiratory: Complete respiratory examination with endoscopy, ultrasonography, transtracheal or transendoscopic tracheal aspirate, bronchoalveolar lavage, thoracocentesis and biopsy procedures to evaluate the upper and lower respiratory tracts

   

• Poor Performance: Thorough evaluation and treatment recommendations

   

• Urologic Disease: Ultrasound, ultrasound-guided biopsy and cystoscopy