Radiology

Your pet’s appointment will be booked with one of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital’s primary care or specialty referral services.  Your pet’s clinical care team will work with the Radiology service behind the scenes to use appropriate diagnostic imaging modalities as part of your pet’s diagnostic and treatment plan.  

As the teaching hospital for Atlantic Veterinary College veterinary students, our goal at the AVC-VTH is to provide exceptional veterinary care to your pet while also providing clinical teaching and instruction to our senior (final year) veterinary students, interns and residents.  The Radiology service provides an exceptional learning environment for our students, with senior veterinary students participating in diagnostic imaging under the direct supervision of a member of the Radiology service team.

Our state-of-the-art equipment allows for diagnostic imaging examination of both large and small animal patients.  This includes digital radiography (X-rays), ultrasound with Doppler colour-flow capability, 128-slice Canon CT, and MRI.  With financial support from a major donor, the Atlantic Veterinary College is in the process of expanding its diagnostic imaging capacity with the addition of an on-site MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner. On-site MRI will be an important diagnostic tool for the diagnosis and treatment of our patients, the training of veterinary students and residents, and will enable access to numerous research areas in animal health.