UltraSound Services
Get a better look at your pet
Pet Ultrasound Services at Shelter Bay and our sister hospitals!
We offer limited abdominal ultrasounds scans here at Shelter Bay. Our sister hospital, Easthaven, offers cardiac echoes with board certified cardiologists.
Your dog or cat can’t tell us what’s bothering them. In order to diagnose your pet’s problem, we use our training, experience, and state-of-the-art technology to determine the source of your animal’s discomfort.
Ultrasounds are ideal for providing a non-invasive, radiation-free view of your pet’s organs, including the stomach, liver, kidneys, heart and more. This helps with locating an organ when trying to obtain a biopsy or urine sample. With ultrasound-guided cystocentesis, we will quickly get a urine sample from your pet to get uncontaminated results for the lab.
Ultrasound Imaging
This is a non-invasive, pain-free, radiation-free method to gather more information about your pet’s condition.
- Ultrasound uses sound waves to develop images of what's going on inside the body. The sound waves bounce back to determine the size, shape, and consistency of soft tissues and organs which are interpreted in real time by the doctor.
- Ultrasound is used to better characterize tumors within the abdomen, presence of stones within the urinary tract, staging renal disease, characterizing liver disease, gastrointestinal mobility, visualization of foreign objects within the gastrointestinal tract, cardiac structure and much more.
- Ultrasound can be used to quickly, accurately acquire sterile samples of urine from the bladder, or collect biopsies of internal masses.
We offer different levels of ultrasound services, including inexpensive fast-scans, more advanced organ scans and even echocardiograms- preventing an expensive visit to a specialist. Ultrasounds are useful in determining a variety of medical conditions, such as:
Heart disease
Liver disease
Kidney disease
Pregnancy
Cancer
A proper diagnosis leads to better pet care.
