Core Diagnostics

Chemistry panels that include complete blood counts (CBC), serum chemistry profiles, urinalysis, tissue samples, and fecal tests to measure the patient’s enzymes, hormones, electrolytes, and metabolites. These panels aid in identifying underlying health problems, including liver or kidney disease, diabetes, infections, cancer, and more — providing insights into the pet’s nutritional status and overall wellbeing.

Antech uses and develops novel technologies that enable accurate, timely, and cost-efficient evaluation of samples to diagnose a broad range of viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections in canines.

Quality control and accurate, reproducible results are our primary goals. We offer a variety of chemistry panels for both mammalian and non-mammalian species. A fully automated state-of-the-art chemistry analyser is used. Artificial intelligence software evaluates results to determine which samples require focused review and evaluation.

Antech provides cytological evaluation of fluid, tissue aspirates, impressions, or scrapings using the expertise of boarded cytopathologists facilitating diagnosis, prognosis, and guidance for further testing and treatment.

Antech provides a broad range of multi-modal testing for the most common respiratory and ocular infections, along with feline retrovirus testing as well as other agents to enable timely and cost-efficient evaluation of samples and accurate diagnosis for felines. 

Antech offers immunophenotyping of blood or lymph nodes as well as PARR testing to determine cell lineage or if cells are consistent with neoplasia or a reactive process to assist with cancer diagnosis. 

Complete blood counts, including differential cell counts, are performed on state-of-the-art haematology analysers. Antech uses a proprietary artificial intelligence software program to screen samples via a diagnostic algorithm. Screening with International Society for Laboratory Hematology guidelines ensures advanced and thorough CBC evaluation.

Antech offers a range of antibody testing to identify a broad range of immune mediated diseases. 

Antech provides high-quality, detailed, and complete bacteriology diagnostic services, including aerobic and anaerobic bacterial culture and sensitivity testing, and specific bacterial cultures (acid-fast bacilli, salmonella, Yersinia, campylobacter), and fastidious organisms (mycoplasma, ureaplasma, and tritrichomonas).

Drug monitoring based on state-of-the-art technology aids with interpretation of the clinical picture and dose adjustments to medications. Drug monitoring is available for a variety of therapies, including digoxin, potassium bromide, phenobarbital, zonisamide, keppra, cyclosporine levels, and zinc.

Antech offers urine chemistry assessment via semi-automated or fully automated reflectance spectrophotometric analysis and sediment review by a highly trained technician. Stringent criteria exist for verification, and flagged samples undergo cytological review at no additional cost by a boarded pathologist. Further testing, including microalbuminuria, urine protein creatinine ratio, urinary excretion of electrolytes, and certain enzymes, is available when indicated.