Working with Pet Owners

Services Offered
The animal disease diagnostic laboratory accepts samples from county residents, and private veterinarians, as well as from public agencies. Fees tend to be nominal, since the primary focus is the detection of diseases that are infectious to other animals as well as those transmissible to humans. However, complete pathology and necropsy (animal autopsy) services are offered.






Oncology - Tumor Diagnosis
Long standing benign mixed mammary tumor
When Dr. Quortrup was appointed County Veterinarian and laboratory director (January 1, 1949) he brought considerable laboratory expertise with him, and was an excellent histopathologist. Prior to that time the only tumor or cancer diagnosis available for animals was that provided by M.D. pathologists, but this was not permitted under the medical practice acts. However, there was no alternative available. To fill this gap Dr. Quortrup started to provide this function, a valuable and much needed service to the local veterinarians and the residents of the county. Animal cancers behave differently from their counterparts in human medicine, often depending on the site and species, and even the breed involved.








 






Collapsing trachea of a Yorkie                                 Canine urinary bladder stones


 








Canine heart worms                                        Bacterial abscess (white areas), canine heart










Scaly feet mites, parakeet                     Giardia, parakeet, electron microscope image











Haemoproteus, pigeon red blood cell parasite    Dove with Trichomoniasis of throat




Parrot with Tuberculosis, recovered from feces