We strongly recommend our Extended Health Check as part of the annual health check for your pet. This will allow us to combine a thorough external physical examination with some internal testing to maximise the information available to us about the health of your pet. 

These tests require the collection of blood and urine to assess liver and kidney function and to rule out diabetes. We would recommend this level of examination for all patients (of all ages) that are considered well at the time of examination. The tests will take us beyond the purely subjective physical assessment by additionally measuring internal organ function. Dogs and cats age much more rapidly than we do and it should be remembered that an annual examination for them is very similar to us having a medical examination every five to ten years. 

For those pets that have a pre existing medical condition (such as liver kidney or heart problems) we would recommend a more extensive annual or biannual super health screen. This examination might cover (where indicated) wider blood testing including a full total body profile, eye testing for glaucoma and dry eye, blood pressure measurements, ECG and X-rays where indicated.