Why Don’t the Doctors at Renforth Veterinary Clinic Recommend Pre-Anaesthetic Blood Testing for Young, Healthy Patients?

It is commonplace for veterinary clinics to recommend, or even require, pre-anasthetic blood work for their young and healthy patients. Owners are often told that doing pre-anaesthetic blood work (PABW) may detect underlying illnesses that would contraindicate surgery and anesthesia and/or require an adjustment to the anesthetic protocol (meaning, a change in the medications that are used for the anesthetic). …