Ictiovet

Ictiovet is a private company specialising in veterinary services for the aquaculture industry and other related aquatic animal activities. We are a team of independent veterinarians with a specific background in aquaculture. Ictiovet offers veterinary consultancy and diagnostic tools for aquaculture related companies. Ictiovet offers veterinary advice and diagnostic services. In addition, we provide a variety of diagnostic tools for other veterinarians and fish health personnel. HISTOLOGY AND CITOLOGY: Processing and staining of tissue samples. Citological and histopathological analysis. Special stains. Immunehistochemistry. ANIMAL EXAMINATION: Necropsy and subsequent parasitological, microbiological and histopathological examination. MICROBIOLOGY: Cultivation, Identification and screening for antibiotic susceptibility. ENDOCRINOLOGY AND CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY: Detection of serum hormone levels (eg cortisol, sexual hormones), glucose, liver enzymes, circulating levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, determination of plasma proteins and proteinograms. WATER SAMPLES: detection of hormone levels (cortisol). HAEMATOLOGY: determination of hemoglobin, hematocrite and blood smear studies (differential counts, identification of haematological parasites, etc.). MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: Detection of pathogens by molecular tools (eg PCR for Enteromyxum leei).