Our staff at Midway Mobile Veterinary Services is filled with passionate animal lovers who are here to help you and your pet! They are highly trained and dedicated to making sure that your pets receive the care and compassion they deserve every time they walk in the door!
We offer the following services to keep your pets healthy:
- Hospice and Euthanasia
- Microchipping
- Parasite Prevention
- Vaccinations
- Wellness Exams
- Cytology
- Urinalysis
- Diagnostic Blood Work
- Fecal Analysis
Additional Services:
Some procedures are too complex to be performed in a home environment. For those, we will be happy to arrange for X-rays, abdominal ultrasound, echocardiograms, dental, or surgery to be performed at our Midway Animal Hospital I’m Largo Florida.
Microchipping
At Midway Mobile Veterinary Services, we are happy to offer microchipping. Every year, thousands and thousands of pets go missing. Not knowing where your pet is or how to bring them back can be a helpless, hopeless feeling. It’s a tragedy that happens all too often.
But there is a simple, safe, and effective way to ensure your pet’s safety and retrieval should he or she ever become lost. Microchipping is a standard procedure that implants a tiny chip underneath your pet’s fur. It is a painless and relatively fast procedure and is completely safe.
Parasite Prevention
The idea of your pet being infested with parasites is a disturbing thought, but it’s also a medical issue that can have serious consequences if not properly dealt with or prevented. Parasites pose a variety of health issues for our pets, who can be very susceptible to certain parasites depending on age, region, and other factors.
At Midway Mobile Veterinary Services, we emphasize the importance of preventing parasites. Through preventative measures, you can successfully protect your pet. Pets that are not protected often develop parasites, leading to serious problems for them and their owners.
Fleas’, ticks, heartworms, and other intestinal parasites can wreak havoc on your pet’s health and quality of life. Our Veterinary house calls can provide the necessary parasite treatment and prevention programs to keep your pet free of unwanted guests.
Vaccinations
At Midway Mobile Veterinary Services in Largo, FL , we believe that one of the most important aspects of caring for your pet’s health is vaccinating him or her against possible diseases. There are a variety of diseases which affect our pets, and other animals, so proper vaccination is vital to protecting them from many types of illnesses.
It is important to consult with us about the unique risks of living in our region. We will be happy to discuss the benefits of protecting your pet with vaccinations, as well as, provide you with information on the required vaccinations for your pet.
Wellness Exams
At Midway Mobile Veterinary Services in Largo, FL , we believe that regular checkups and wellness exams are critical to your pets’ well-being. These wellness exams give us a chance to evaluate the overall health of your pet while also giving us a baseline for their unique bodies and tendencies.
Not only do these exams keep us up-to-date with your pets’ health, but they also allow us to detect potential problems before they become serious. This thorough checkup gives us vital information to help keep your pet healthy!
Cytology
Here at (727) 386-2388, we are proud to run cytology exams. Cytology is the study of cells under a microscope.
We run cytology tests on many things. We do ear cytologies to figure out if your pets have bacterial or yeast infections. We look at diarrhea under the microscope to see if there is anything abnormal. We also run blood cytologies to look for any cell changes.
However, most cytology exams are done on lumps. Typically we use a needle to get a sample of the cells, which we then place, on the microscope. This can be quite informative, telling us what types of cells (normal cells, fat cells, or cancerous cells) are there. This can be quite diagnostic.We also run cytology tests on fluids if your pets have fluid in the abdomen or chest.
We also routinely check cytologies of your pets’ lymph nodes if they are enlarged, which can be a sign of cancer. If we are unable to get enough information from the cytology, we may decide to send it out to the laboratory for more information.
If we still don’t get enough, we may have to send out a biopsy of the tissue.
If you have any questions about cytology or would like to have your pets’ lumps checked, don’t hesitate to contact us today at (727) 386-2388.
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Urinalysis
Here at Midway Mobile Veterinary Services, we would be glad to run an urinalysis for your pet. An urinalysis is run on urine, whether you catch it mid-stream or we are able to get a sample off of the table or floor.
We are able to check for blood, glucose, bacteria, and much more. If we have enough urine, we also spin it down in a centrifuge and look at it under a microscope. If your pet has an urinary tract infection, we often can see the bacteria on the slide, differentiating between types of bacteria.
Running an urinalysis can be quite helpful. Not only does it test for urinary tract infections, but it can give us information on the functioning of the kidneys. Sometimes, it is the first indication of diabetes.
If you have any questions about our urinalysis testing or think that your pet needs to have his or her urine checked, don’t hesitate to contact us today at (727) 386-2388.
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Diagnostic Blood Work
Here at Midway Mobile Veterinary Services, we are proud to be able to offer blood work on our patients.
Blood work is necessary to keep your pet healthy. By performing routine blood work, we are able to monitor any changes to your pets’ kidneys, liver, blood cell counts, and much more. We can learn a lot of information with a little bit of blood.
It is our goal to catch any problems early by doing regular blood work. When caught early, many problems are easier to diagnose and treat. It is hopeful that many pets will recover or, at least, have a better life with treatment. It is also helpful to have blood work to compare to, if your pet ever becomes ill.
Whenever you pet is not feeling well, you should be prepared to run blood work. There are a lot of diseases that all present the exact same way. With in-house blood work, we are able to diagnose your pet’s’ illness fairly quickly.
We also have a laboratory where we can send more complex testing. We may want to re-evaluate your pets’ results by sending it to the laboratory. We may also want to run thyroid tests, blood clotting factors, cultures, and much more. All of these these tests need to be performed at an outside laboratory.
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Hospice and Euthanasia
Saying goodbye to your pet can be extremely difficult. The process can be emotionally and mentally draining. We don’t want you to be alone at the end stages of a pets’ life, and we promise to do everything we can to make it easier on you and your pet. Most of all, we promise to treat each case with compassionate and understanding care.
Knowing when the time is right can be a difficult choice. There are many factors that go into deciding to euthanize a pet, and it is a personal issue that differs from pet owner to pet owner. But every pet owner is inevitably faced with making that tough decision, and we want to be there alongside you to aid in any way we can.
If you have special requests, please let us know and we will be sure to accommodate them. Dealing with the end of a pets’ life is never easy, but we want to do whatever we can to make the process less difficult.