At Dublin Animal Hospital, we highly recommend pre-anesthetic testing for your animal. Testing helps us determine your pet's health status, therefor enabling us to make the best medical decisions for your pet. Although performing pre-anesthetic tests cannot guarantee that complications will not occur, it can greatly reduce the risk to your pet and provide you with important peace of mind.

Regardless of age, physical examination and medical history of your pet, we recommend pre-anesthetic testing. Anesthesia is extremely safe for healthy pets. But, if your pet is not healthy, (and sometimes it's hard to tell without testing) it makes us aware of it so we can minimize potential risk.

Top 4 Reasons to Test Your Pet Before Anesthesia

You deserve peace of mind. Testing can significantly reduce the medical risk and ensure you pet's health and safety.

Pet's can't tell us when they don't feel well. A healthy-appearing pet may   be hiding symptoms of a disease or ailment. For example, a pet can lose up to 75% of kidney function before showing any signs of illness. Testing helps us evaluate the health of your pet's liver and kidneys, so we can avoid problems related to anesthesia.

Testing can reduce risks. If results of the pre-anesthetic test are within normal ranges, we can proceed with confidence, knowing the anesthetic risk is minimized. On the other hand, if results are not within normal ranges, we alter the anesthetic procedure to safeguard your pet's health.

Testing can help protect your pet's future health. These tests provide baseline levels for your pet and become part of his or her medical chart for future reference.