Use cytology to choose the best treatment!
- Results within 48h
- Convenient sample shipment
- Individual consultations if required
How does it work?
What materials are needed
Syringes, needles (G22-25), slides, pencil and other materials you already have in your clinic.
Order VetCyto slide containers (for free) or use any other safe packaging
1. Get a sample
Obtain a sample from the animal and prepare it according to VetCyto’s advice
2. Fill an electronic submission form
Digital form – no need to print it out!
You and VetCyto will automatically receive it in our e-mails!
3. Send sample
Get the parcel ready to be shipped.
If you chose the parcel machine, ship the parcel to:
- Jurmala, Asari Sena bode parcel machine; Phone number: +371 20016926
4. Receive a report
Report will be sent to the e-mail that you entered in the submission form within 48h (after receipt at VetCyto)
Cytology costs
34.50 EUR (without VAT) + shipping (if VetCyto provides)
Invoices are sent once a month, 5 – 10th of next month.
1 SITE
34.50 EUR + VAT
2 SITES
59 EUR + VAT
3 SITES
83.50 EUR + VAT
+ 24.50 EUR for each additional site
(number of slides unlimited per site)
One site = one lesion, organ or lymph node. Sample the same site as many times as you need and send as many slides as you need — the price is the same. The next mass is the next site.
SHIPPING costS
Courier from your clinic
VetCyto orders SmartPosti courier pickup from your clinic.
Sample usually arrives after 1 – 3 business days.
Added to VetCyto invoice, Estonia to Latvia 7.50 EUR + VAT*
Send yourself
Use DPD, Omniva, SmartPosti, Pasts, Unisend, etc. to ship samples.
Sample usually arrives after 2 – 4 business days.
Pay yourself
When sending the samples the first time, please contact VetCyto – we will explain the process and ask for contact details.
* Shipping prices frequently change upwards due to rising fuel costs.
Questions and Answers
Cytology results can guide your choice of treatment, for example, you act differently if the formation is malignant or benign. You can see if antibiotic therapy and/or bacteriology are necessary (septic inflammation), is surgical removal of the mass necessary or will it resolve without surgery/with medical treatment, etc.
Cytology results can also help establish a prognosis.
Internal organs (liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary bladder masses etc), periphral blood, skin masses, subcutaneous masses can be evaluated cytologically.
Common cytological diagnoses: lymphoma, mast cell tumor, lipoma, abscess, squamous cell carcinoma, benign prostatic hyperplasia, cholestasis, suspected FIP, epithelial inclusion cyst, etc.
Please write to info@vetcyto.com or call Dr. Inese Bērziņa +371 20016926. No written contract is needed. During the phone or via e-mail we will briefly tell you about the process and answer any questions you might have.
Most of materials you have already at your hand in the clinic – needles (22G-25G), 2-5 ml syringes, cotton swabs, slides with a frosted end, pencil.
If you need VetCyto slide containers – we will send them free of charge, please use the oder form at the top of this page.
Answers are provided via email usually within 48 hours after the sample receipt at the VetCyto.
In rare cases when samples are not diagnostic (material type, human error etc) VetCyto will review a repeated aspirate, taken within a months time, free of charge.
Please contact Dr. Inese Bērziņa +371 20016926 (Latvian, English, Russian).
The sensitivity of cytology can vary in different tissues, the quality of the sample is also important.
Information about the animal, history, microscopic description, conclusion and comments.
If there are difficulties to establish diagnosis, VetCyto will do its best to send slides or images to other colleagues for the second opinion.
Collaborate with VetCyto
If you wish to collaborate with us, please contact us and we can give you all the important information to start with!
Apply for a consultation
If you have any questions and there are any uncertainties, or you just want to contact our specialists about cytological diagnostics - write to us and we will consult you.