Prairie Diagnostic Services

Prairie Diagnostic Services PDS is a full service veterinary diagnostic laboratory located in Saskatoon, SK

Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year!🧫🎁❄️Christmas art provided by our Bacti lab, courtesy of: Pseudomonas ae...
12/24/2025

Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year!🧫🎁❄️
Christmas art provided by our Bacti lab, courtesy of:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Serratia marcescens
Staphylococcus chromogenes
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
Pantoea agglomerans

A fresh look, the same commitment. Our new website is now live. 💻🧬🦠🧫🔬pdsinc.ca
12/17/2025

A fresh look, the same commitment. Our new website is now live. 💻🧬🦠🧫🔬
pdsinc.ca

Chains in Your Dog’s Belly?Our 5-year-old patient had tummy troubles, a look under the microscope revealed the culprit: ...
12/10/2025

Chains in Your Dog’s Belly?

Our 5-year-old patient had tummy troubles, a look under the microscope revealed the culprit: Enterococcus faecium bacteria forming tiny chains in the bile. Science to the rescue! 🦠🔬

Did You Know? Greyhounds Have Unique Blood Cells!Greyhounds and other sighthounds often have grey eosinophils, which loo...
11/25/2025

Did You Know? Greyhounds Have Unique Blood Cells!
Greyhounds and other sighthounds often have grey eosinophils, which look clear under the microscope because their granules don’t stain like usual.
Good news: This is completely normal for these breeds! Just another special trait that makes sighthounds so unique.

A Surprising Discovery in a Beaver!A rescued beaver was found to have Trypanosome parasites — a rare and fascinating fin...
11/17/2025

A Surprising Discovery in a Beaver!
A rescued beaver was found to have Trypanosome parasites — a rare and fascinating finding in Canada! 🦫

Happy Halloween! Remember to keep your pets safe inside and away from candy tonight!🦇🕷🍬👻☠️
10/31/2025

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

You Won’t Believe What This Cat’s Lump Revealed! A simple lump under the ear? Not quite! This 5-year-old kitty was diagn...
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!

PDS will be closed on Monday, October 13th. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃🥧Photo credit: Animals Vectors by Vecteezy
10/10/2025

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

Photo credit: Animals Vectors by Vecteezy

Dear PDS Clients,Canada Post is on strike effective Sept 25, 2025. PDS will not be receiving any samples that were sent ...
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

Look what we found under the microscope! A healthy dog came in for a check-up, and while everything looked normal, incl...
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!

PDS has received the notification below from Purolator regarding shipments to the USA. This appears to also be affecting...
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

We’re pleased to inform you that our Immulite Analyzer has been successfully repaired, and testing has now returned to n...
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

Address

52 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK
S7N5B4

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+13069667316

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