Echocardiogram: keeping your dog calm
At Beecroft Animal Specialist & Emergency Hospital, we strive to ensure every visit is as calm and stress-free as possible for our patients.
Our veterinary team will always attempt to perform examinations on fully conscious animals. However, accurate echocardiographic imaging requires patients to remain relaxed and still throughout the procedure. If you feel your patient may be too anxious to allow an unsedated examination, we recommend that the referring vet prescribes the following pre-visit medication, to be given 2 hours before the appointment:
- Gabapentin 10 mg/kg PO
- Trazodone 5 mg/kg PO
Please note: this medication is prescribed and supplied by the referring vet. Beecroft does not prescribe or dispense it for outpatient scans.