Update: 21 December 2024
Canine hTMA
Tissue Mineral Analysis (hTMA) provides comprehensive clinical data about your dog's health status, including heavy metal toxicity. Individualized recommendations are provided as well, to help restore and improve health and performance.
Canine hTMA Instructions
Taking the sample is non-invasive (safe) and easy to do. Download step-by-step instructions.
- Canine hTMA $125
- Canine Re-test $125 (progress evaluation)
hTMA Consultation
Review of a Previous hTMA
If you have questions about the hTMA results you obtained elsewhere, a consultation can be very helpful. We review the hTMA report with you and make recommendations. Please call to discuss, or to set up an appointment.
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Consultation Fee: $20 per quarter hour
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Multipurpose Medical Test
- Medical screen for diagnostic and monitoring purposes. The hTMA test provides comprehensive information about your dog's health and performance, and identifies trending toward disease.
- Toxicological analysis. Toxicity is the primary contributor in canine-related cancers. Cancer is now the leading cause of death in canines two years of age and older.1 The EPA recommends hTMA for heavy metal screening and monitoring. Health agencies worldwide use hTMA for biomonitoring.
Canine hTMA (view example report).
- Diagnostic Information
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The metabolic data that hTMA provides will verify whether your dog is getting the necessary nutritional support to meet performance, stress and energy demands.
- Baseline Health Information
The initial hTMA offers baseline information about your dog's current state of health, and provides early detection of trends toward disease (i.e., predictive medicine). hTMA also tests for toxic heavy metals that dogs are commonly exposed to (being close to the ground, where these toxins settle).
The hTMA data is a historical aggregate of the past three to four months. This comparitively long time-frame makes hTMA useful as an indicator of your dog's predominant health and metabolic status. In comparison, a serum (blood) test is more suitable for measuring acute exposure because it provides a snapshot of momentary biochemical status. And urinalysis measures only what is being excreted in the urine, so does not provide a complete metabolic analysis.
- Monitor and Evaluate Progress
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A follow-up hTMA re-test allows you to monitor and evaluate the improvements in the dog's nutritional status over time. Re-test results direct the necessary adjustments to dietary and supplement needs, ensuring that you are providing for your dog needs. A re-test measures the amount of toxic heavy metals that are being eliminated, allowing you to verify and monitor progress. Evaluation is important to ensure protocol safety.
Related Information
- Canine Care & Feeding
- Relationship & Training
- Canine Toxicovigilance
- Unleashing Performance
- Canine hTMA Report
References
- (Fleming JM, Creevy KE, Promislow DE. Mortality in north american dogs: an investigation into age, size, and breed related causes of death. J Vet Intern Med. 2011 Mar;25(2):187-98.)
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In this issue of Dogs Naturally, our article, ‘Heavy Metals: A Little Known Cause of Allergies’ introduces you to the problem heavy metals is for canines, and how to best protect your dog against toxicity (and resolve allergies).
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