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Shreveport Veterinary Internal Medicine


Our mission is to provide state of the art health care for dogs and cats.  We believe this goal is best reached through caring communication between owners, their family veterinarian, and the SVIM veterinary team.  We are dedicated to providing owners and veterinarians with the information and services needed for optimal treatment of your treasured pet.

 

Shreveport Veterinary Internal Medicine is a referral-only practice providing advanced veterinary care for family pets. We provide a medical environment with superior veterinary skills, customer service, and client education.  We strive to ensure that we meet the needs of the pet, the owner, and the referring veterinarian.

 

We diagnose and treat dogs and cats with diseases of many organ systems including:

  • Cardiac (heart)
  • Gastrointestinal (digestive)
  • Respiratory (lungs)
  • Endocrine
  • Medical neurology (nervous)
  • Lymphatic
  • Hematology (blood)
  • Liver
  • Kidney
  • Lower urinary tract
  • Medical oncology (cancer)
  • Immune-mediated disorders
  • Sinus

SVIM offers many advanced diagnostic tests including:

  • Ultrasound
  • Ultrasound guided biopsy and aspirates
  • Endoscopy (foreign body removal, biopsy, lung wash)
  • Blood pressure
  • Bone marrow aspirates
  • Bone marrow biopsy
  • Spinal taps
  • Blood gas analysis
  • Coagulation testing

 

We give individualized care and treatment plans that include:

  • Chemotherapy
  • Oxygen therapy
  • Diabetes regulation
  • Feeding tube placement
  • Transfusion medicine (blood, plasma)