• Nutritional Blood Testing (N.B.T.) and Bionutritional Analysis (B.N.A.) represent the ultimate high tech bridge between a conventional veterinary diagnosis and holistic, individualized nutritional therapeutic supplementation. These procedures represent cutting edge, high-tech integrative veterinary medicine. These systems are similar, and both incorporate a computerized system of blood and clinical history analysis, together with a computerized formulation of individualized supplementation. 
• These custom blended nutraceutical therapies incorporate specific, individualized doses of vitamins, nutraceuticals, minerals, enzymes, nutrients and symptom-oriented non-drug medicinals (herbal, glandular, and homeopathic). These therapies more closely match the metabolic and nutrient requirements of an individual patient than any supplementation programs devised to date.
• N.B.T. and B.N.A. assessments rely on an Optimum Range of blood values, with an additional set of parameters that are narrower than the traditional blood reference ranges and in which organs and metabolic processes are functioning at peak efficiency.
• N.B.T. and B.N.A. assessments also offer a computerized plan for remedies designed to be helpful for the signs and symptoms of chronic degenerative disease including pain, discomfort, inflammation, weight loss, skin irritation, vomiting, and diarrhea.
• Both N.B.T. and B.N.A. recognize that many of the highly processed, cooked pet foods are devoid of organs and glands normally consumed by canine and feline predators in the wild. Lions, tiger and wolves regularly eat their entire prey, including all the vital organs (in an uncooked form). The basis of N.B.T. or B.N.A. is to supplement the basic diet with these vital, unprocessed nutrients, which are left out of commercially prepared rations, both prescription and over the counter. 
• Dr. Johnson was recently informed that he has performed more of these tests than any other veterinarian in the State of Florida. He was also informed that he is at the top of the list of approximately 1,000 veterinarians set up to perform these tests in the United States (Source: Antech Laboratories, Inc.  Antech Labs is the largest veterinary laboratory in the United States).
• Dr. Johnson is working closely with Dr. Robert Goldstein of Animal Nutrition Technologies, Connecticut, and his staff  to further refine this program. Dr. Goldstein is a recognized pioneer in the field of nutritional blood testing. Dr. Johnson has been doing various forms of  nutritional blood testing for over 30 years, starting first with race-horses and then small animals.
• Currently, all nutritional blood tests taken by Dr. Johnson are run through Antech Laboratories, then to Dr. Goldstein, then back to Dr. Johnson. In complex cases, it is not unusual for both doctors to conference several times. For more detailed information, please access the website of the Animal Nutrition Technologies in Westport, Ct. at www.animalnutritiontechnologies.com.
• Note to fellow veterinarians and other medical professionals: There has been some criticism that there may be some deficiencies in the use of software programs in order to obtain the best supplementation for an individual pet. In complex cases, we almost always modify the recommendations generated by a computer program. This requires advanced training in clinical nutrition, endocrinology, herbology, and homeopathy. When appropriate, Dr. Johnson uses Western Medicine Diagnostic Procedures along with Nutritional Blood Testing, and a Chinese Medical Exam to establish both a Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis. This approach establishes the appropriate nutritional requirements, acupuncture points, nutraceutical, glandular, herbal and homeopathic therapy. Ultrasound, x-ray's, and endocrinology studies are often necessary for referral cases.

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