Please advise if the pet is insured and, if so, with which company and to what level of cover. Please confirm how much of the insurance cover has already been used prior to referral.

Provide information relevant to this imaging request, including the clinical history, presenting complaint, findings from the physical examination, former laboratory results (including cytology or histology), and results of former imaging studies.

This selection does not necessarily equate to the number of body areas that will be billed to the client. When overlapping anatomical areas cannot be avoided with standardised patient positioning additional fees will not be incurred.

Requirements for specific advanced contrast studies should be outlined here, including: sentinel lymph node mapping, lymphangiography, dacryocystography, sialography, arthrography, excretory urography, pyelography etc.

Intravenous contrast agents, particularly those used in CT studies, carry a risk of adverse drug reactions as with any other drug. Of particular note is the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy, which may occur in upto 8% of dogs to some degree, with a potentially greater risk of significant harm in those animals with pre-existing renal disease. We would be happy to discuss this further with you at the time of referral if required.

The strong magnetic field in the MRI environment are harmless to most patients. Owner questioning and screening of the clinical history is however needed to identify patients that could have specific metals or implants within the body - which pose a potential a risk of migration, heating, or malfunction when placed into an MRI environment. This includes but is not limited to: surgical implants, vascular clips, cardiac pacemakers, nerve stimulators, drug delivery devices, and shotgun shrapnel.

At our discretion, we may run additional blood tests at cost to the client if it is deemed necessary to plan a safe procedure regarding sedation, anaesthesia and contrast administration.