Covid-19 Protocols

Alliston Veterinary Services is pleased to announce that our office will be allowing clients into the office with their pets as of March 3rd.

We ask that upon arrival, please remain in your vehicle or outside of our office and call 705-434-2500 to check in. We are trying to limit clients waiting in the waiting room. To facilitate this, once checked in and an exam room is available, a client service representative will be in touch to bring you and your pet into our office and will escort you to the exam room. We also ask that all clients who are coming into the office fill out our covid-screening before their appointment.

While you are in the office with your pet for their appointment, we kindly ask that you wear your mask at all times and not bring any food or drinks in with you. We also ask that only one family member comes in with their pet at this time and if bringing multiple pets that we only have one in the exam room at a given time. This is to limit crowding in the exam room and to facilitate a stress-free appointment for your pet.

For clients who enjoy the curbside service, we will still have that available. Please advise at the time of booking the appointment what you would prefer.

For euthanasias, our dedicated compassion room will be open to having two family members present for the euthanasia. More family members are welcome to come but we ask that we limit the amount of people to two in the room at any given time.

We want to thank everyone for their continued patience and understanding. Please remember to be kind to our staff as we navigate re-opening in a manner that keeps everyone safe and healthy.

Abdominal Ultrasound

Learn more about our abdominal ultrasound services below!
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Abdominal Ultrasound

Ultrasound

Ultrasound is a pain-free, totally non-invasive technique that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce a real-time image of your pet’s internal organs. Often used in conjunction with radiography (x-rays), ultrasound provides a movie of what is happening inside your pet’s body. Additionally, unlike x-rays, diagnostic ultrasound does not use ionizing radiation, and there is no known health risk associated with its use.

Ultrasound is particularly useful in viewing your pet’s abdominal organs and evaluating heart functions. Abdominal ultrasound allows us to fully examine your pet’s liver, gallbladder, spleen, adrenal glands, pancreas, kidneys, urinary bladder, and parts of the stomach and intestines. Ultrasound also works well in conjunction with other diagnostic tools and a wide range of diagnostic procedures. For example, a radiograph of your pet’s abdomen may show enlargement of the liver but does not tell us why it is enlarged. An ultrasound allows us to see the liver’s structure in greater detail and identify specific lesions or masses. Using the ultrasound image as a guide, Alliston Veterinary Services veterinarians can obtain biopsies without major surgery, and your pet can often go home the same day.

Ultrasounds are typically not stressful for your pet and take anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes to perform. Dr. Christine Parker is certified in abdominal ultrasound and is able to perform an abdominal ultrasound, urogenital ultrasound, and pregnancy ultrasound in-house and submit images to a radiologist for interpretation. We also have a referral radiologist for cardiology consultations.