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Clark Animal Hospital
1075 Westfield Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065
Phone: (732) 388-3379
Fax: (732) 388-5321
E-mail: info@clarkvet.com
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EXCELLENCE IN VETERINARY MEDICAL CARE, TECHNIQUE AND TECHNOLOGY
Our employees do not work on commission basis
We are here to provide life long comfort and care for your pets.
Dr. Anant V. Joshi D.V.M. & Associates
Our Compassion & Care Will Put You & Your Pet At Ease
(732) 388-3379
Diagnostic Procedures...
LABORATORY, ENDOSCOPY, ULTRASOUND, X-RAYS, ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS AND TELE-MEDICINE.
Laboratory
We have an in-house laboratory where we can do tests quickly and accurately on state of the art equipment. These include critical tests like blood chemistry, blood gas analysis, and other in-house tests like lyme disease tests, heartworm disease tests, feline disease testing (leukemia and aids), microscopic slide readings, urine testing, and stool tests.
The results are available within a few minutes while you wait. Some samples may be sent to Antech Laboratories, which is the biggest Veterinary laboratory in the U.S.A.
We have arranged for their courier to come twice a day to Clark Animal Hospital, collect all test samples and take them to the nearest Antech laboratory which is in New York. The results are faxed to us the same day or the next day.
Some test results take longer to report, such tests include Cat Scratch Disease testing, Cultures, and biopsies. These results are usually available within 7 days, unless otherwise specified.
Endoscopy:
Picture of Canine Ear Canal (left = before professional ear flush, right = after)
This is a diagnostic method (the instrument/tool used is Endoscope) in which we insert a fiber optic tube that has a tiny camera and a surgical instrument at its tip, into a hollow organ and picture the organ from inside. In this method, we are seeing the ACTUAL view of the organ. If we feel that an organ has an abnormality, we can take a biopsy right then and there. This is an invaluable tool for an early diagnosis and intervention to help your pet. We can call in a specialist to do this procedure.
Ultrasound:
This is the best non-invasive diagnostic tool to view and evaluate organs like heart, stomach, intestines, gall bladder, urinary bladder and blood vessels. While an X-ray shows a black and white film of the organs, an ultrasound gives you a picture of the inside, and measures the size of heart walls and valves, and measures the velocity of blood in each chamber of the heart. This is of immense help in evaluating the function of the heart. Similarly, it can measure and "see" inside any other organ of the body!Ultrasound gives us either analog or digital pictures. Here at Clark Animal Hospital, we have cutting edge digital ultrasound.
We can take ultrasound pictures of your pet, send them over the internet to a specialist, and give results the same day. This method of sending ultrasound pictures over the internet is called tele-medicine. This gives you the power to define the problem after doing non-invasive diagnostic evaluation, and possible life saving intervention right here in Clark Animal Hospital. We can call in a specialist to do this procedure.
X-Rays:
This is the best diagnostic tool to evaluate "hard" parts of the body like bones, joints, skull, teeth, as well as kidney stones, gall bladder stones, foreign objects in the body, etc.
This is also a great way to evaluate relative position of organs in the body and conditions like tumors, pneumonia, etc.
Electrocardiograms (ECGs):
An ECG is the best way to diagnose some heart conditions like arrythmias (abnormalities in the heart rate/rhythm), electrical conductivity within the heart muscles, and the pace of the heart.
It is also an important method to detect abnormalities in the relative size of the cardiac chambers. When we obtain an ECG on your pet, it may be instantly transmitted to the veterinary cardiologist's office for interpretation.
Blood Pressure and Oxygen levels:
We use state of the art Blood Pressure machines to monitor the blood pressures and oxygen concentrations in the blood of our animal patients.
Eye Pressure Monitoring:
We use Tonopen, a state of the art instrument that is usually used by human eye specialists, to measure the eye pressure in our dog and cat patients.
This enables us to diagnose glaucoma. Glaucoma can be treated and if not, it may lead to permanent blindness and even loss of the eyeball.
TELE-MEDICINE:
You will be glad to know that we are tele-medicine equipped. It means that we can send X-Rays, ECGs, Ultrasound reports to the specialists either right away on the high speed internet or in REAL TIME. In other words, I might be taking an ECG on your pet and it would be printed in the veterinary cardiologist's office. So, by the time I am done doing the ECG on your pet, the ECG has already printed in the cardiologist's office, who may be located in NJ or in another state. Then, the specialist either phones or faxes me the results ASAP.
Technology and technique combine here at Clark Animal Hospital for your pet's wellness
Our doctors take an active interest in continuing their professional education to keep abreast with the latest techniques in surgery, radiology , medicine, dentistry and modalities like ultrasound and endoscopy. This commitment to enhance our skills and education keeps us in the forefront of veterinary medicine.
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