AVU Imaging: Mobile Veterinary Ultrasound

AVU Imaging is a service bringing mobile diagnostic imaging directly to your practice in the South West and South Wales. With over 20 years of experience as a first-opinion veterinary surgeon, working across small animal medicine, emergency care, and surgery. I understand how vital accurate ultrasound assessment of the abdomen or heart can be in making timely, informed clinical decisions.

AVU offers:

• On-site ultrasound scanning

• Targeted sampling (aspirates, biopsies)

• Emergency guidance and stabilisation (e.g. pericardiocentesis)

• Radiograph assessment for thoracic and abdominal cases.

I’m Tom Crippen MRCVS. I currently work, when not providing ultrasound in other practices, in a South West large veterinary hospital. I mainly provide imaging cover across ultrasound, CT acquisition and radiograph interpretation. I’ve completed a three-year BSAVA postgraduate certificate in Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging. Over more than two decades in practice in clinics ranging from busy multi-vet hospitals to single-vet practices—I’ve gained broad exposure to a wide variety of cases and a real-world understanding of first-opinion practice.