Welcolme to Abbey Veterinary Services
Abbey Veterinary Services is a well established diagnostic veterinary laboratory (founded in 1985) specialising in histopathology and cytopathology but also provides convenient access to other services such as bacterial/fungal culture and urine calculus analysis.
We are one of the biggest diagnostic veterinary histopathology laboratories in the UK. We provide our service predominantly to clients within the UK but also have many clients throughout the world. We provide a rapid veterinary diagnostic histopathology and cytology service and we report on in excess of sixty thousand cases annually.
The majority of samples we receive are generally routine but the size of the team allows provision for specialist and collective opinions on difficult cases. Our team consists of experienced American and European Board certified as well as MRCPath qualified pathologists.
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Dog: Parathyroid adenomaPrimary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is thought to be the second most common cause of pathologic hypercalcemia in dogs. Most cases of canine PHPT result from a solitary parathyroid adenoma (cheif cells). Parathyroid hyperplasia accounts for most of the remaining cases whilst, parathyroid carcinomas are rare. This condition affects middle aged to older dogs with a mean age of approximately 10.5 years. The diagnosis of PHPT is based on the finding of normal or increased serum PTH concentrations in the presence of increased total and ionized calcium concentrations with low or normal phosphorous levels. Surgical removal, ultrasound guided chemical ablation or heat ablation of the affected parathyroid gland are common treatment options. If treatment is given prior to the onset of renal failure and with appropriate post operative care and monitoring, it is usually very successful with low rates of reoccurrence.