

So he brought together the know-how, equipment, and entrepreneurial spirit to start the company. Richard Chow was a laboratory manager at a human hospital, and he saw a need for veterinary diagnostic services. While Antech Diagnostics and Idexx Laboratories may be the biggest names among commercial veterinary diagnostic laboratories, small to midsize laboratories across the country continue to offer alternatives for veterinary practices.Ĭhristopher Chow, NBVL president, said his father, Richard Chow, started the company in 1990. Christina Brewer, a technician with Zoetis Reference Laboratories, prepares a urinalysis test for customer samples at a Zoetis laboratory in Tampa, Florida.

The drugmaker Zoetis recently acquired three regional laboratories to form a new national network. Dallas-based Ellie Diagnostics is an independent enterprise that just opened its flagship laboratory in Louisville, Kentucky. In Miami, National Bio Vet Laboratories set up shop three decades ago and now serves the East Coast, Caribbean, and Central America. American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF).American Journal of Veterinary Research (AJVR).Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA).AVMA Center for Veterinary Education Accreditation.AVMA Congressional Advocacy Network (CAN).Donate to American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF).
