Prairie Diagnostic Services

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween!
Remember to keep your pets safe inside and away from candy tonight!
🦇🕷🍬👻☠️

10/20/2025

You Won’t Believe What This Cat’s Lump Revealed!

A simple lump under the ear? Not quite!

This 5-year-old kitty was diagnosed with a mast cell tumor by FNA. But here's the twist -under the microscope, we saw eosinophils (a type of white blood cell) “eating” red blood cells. This behavior called erythrophagia is hardly ever seen in eosinophils, and almost never reported in cats!

10/10/2025

PDS will be closed on Monday, October 13th. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃🥧

Photo credit: Animals Vectors by Vecteezy

09/26/2025

Dear PDS Clients,

Canada Post is on strike effective Sept 25, 2025. PDS will not be receiving any samples that were sent through Canada Post. If possible, please send samples via Purolator (or another courier company) until the strike is over and normal operations have resumed. Samples can be dropped off at PDS as well.

Please contact PDS Receiving Office (306-966-7316 or dso@usask.ca) if you have any questions on the best way to ship to PDS during the service disruption.

Photo credit: Post Office Vectors by Vecteezy

09/22/2025

Look what we found under the microscope! A healthy dog came in for a check-up, and while everything looked normal, including bloodwork and urine tests—we spotted tiny mite-like creatures in the urine sample. But don’t worry! Because the sample was a “free flow” sample, it’s likely these little critters snuck in from the environment and didn’t indicate a disease in this dog. A great reminder of how fascinating—and sometimes surprising—lab work can be!

Thanks to Dr Lilani Munasinghe for sharing this interesting case!

09/16/2025

PDS has received the notification below from Purolator regarding shipments to the USA. This appears to also be affecting other courier services as well. If you have questions, please contact us.
Thank you

"At this moment Due to recent changes to the U.S. import declaration processes, shipments from Canada to the U.S. may experience delays. As a result, Purolator’s service guarantee on shipments to the U.S. has been suspended until further notice."

Photo Credit: Customs Clearance Stock photos by Vecteezy

09/04/2025

We’re pleased to inform you that our Immulite Analyzer has been successfully repaired, and testing has now returned to normal operations.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during the recent disruption. We sincerely hope this temporary issue did not cause too much inconvenience.

Chemistry Lab Stock photos by Vecteezy

08/21/2025

Our Endocrine analyzer is on the fritz!
If you have questions or concerns about any Endocrine samples you have sent us or need to send to us, please call 306-966-7316.
We will have results out as soon as the analyzer is back in tip top shape!
Apologies for any inconvenience

photo credit: Laboratory Equipment Stock photos by Vecteezy

08/07/2025

PDS will be having updates done on our Webclient platform tomorrow evening (Friday August 8th). This could affect all aspects of the Webclient platform including form generation. All forms are available on our website pdsinc.ca if you urgently need to create a submission form.
If you are still having issues past Friday, please contact us on Monday or email us dso@usask.ca to report ongoing Webclient issues.
Apologies for any inconvenience this update may cause.

Photo credit: Ai Software Stock photos by Vecteezy

07/31/2025

PDS will be closed on Monday August 4th for Saskatchewan Day.
We wish everyone a safe and fun-filled summer! 😎☀️

Photo credit: Summer Holidays Stock photos by Vecteezy

07/02/2025

PDS has been seeing an increase in bovine lead poisoning cases. Thanks to Dr Vanessa Cowan (PDS Toxicologist) for sharing her article!

Lead poisoning is diagnosed in several beef cattle herds each year. What are the symptoms of lead poisoning in cattle and how can you prevent lead toxicity?

06/27/2025

PDS will be open on Monday June 30th and closed for Canada Day on Tuesday July 1st.
Happy Canada Day celebrations! 🇨🇦

Photo Credit: Canada Day Stock photos by Vecteezy