Marsden V-20 Small Veterinary Scale, 20kg Capacity, Ideal for Cats and Small Dogs
- 20kg capacity, 10g graduations, premium small animal veterinary scale for cats, small dogs and other small pets, with a dual-purpose design that converts to a carrying stretcher for safely transporting injured, post-operative or anxious small animals between the waiting room and the consulting room without additional handling equipment.
- Stretcher function reduces handling stress and injury risk for post-surgical recovery patients, fractious cats and small animals where repeated manual transfers create welfare and staff safety concerns, supporting RCVS professional conduct standards for animal welfare and safe restraint during veterinary procedures.
- Lightweight and portable for mobile veterinary services, home visit vets, breeders and rescue organisations requiring accurate small animal weight monitoring outside of a fixed surgery setting, with battery operation for use anywhere without mains power dependency.
- Accurate drug dosing support for small animals where weight-based medication calculations for anaesthetic agents, antibiotics and chemotherapy require reliable sub-gram awareness, supporting the safe use of drugs with narrow therapeutic indices in small patient body weight ranges below 10kg.
Marsden V-20: Premium Small Animal Veterinary Scale with Integrated Stretcher Function
The Marsden V-20 is a premium small animal veterinary scale with a unique integrated stretcher function that converts the weighing platform into a carrying device for transporting small patients between areas of the veterinary surgery without additional manual handling. With 20kg capacity and 10g graduations covering the practical weight range of cats, small dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs and other small pets, the V-20 addresses two of the most common practical challenges in small animal practice: obtaining an accurate weight from an anxious or difficult patient, and safely transporting post-operative or injured small animals with minimal additional disturbance.
Portable and lightweight for mobile veterinary services, home visit vets and rescue organisations, the V-20 delivers professional accuracy and animal welfare functionality in a format that travels with the practitioner rather than remaining fixed in a surgery consulting room.
Product Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 20kg |
| Graduations | 10g |
| Dual Function | Veterinary scale and carrying stretcher |
| Power | Battery operated, portable |
| Units | kg and lb |
| Key Functions | Hold, Tare |
| Suitable For | Cats, small dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, small pets |
Veterinary Professional and Welfare Context
RCVS Code of Professional Conduct requires that all animals under veterinary care are handled in a manner that minimises fear, stress and pain. For cats and small anxious dogs, repeated manual transfers between scale and consulting table create stress responses that affect clinical assessment quality and increase the risk of handling injuries to both animal and clinical staff. The V-20's stretcher function supports a one-step weigh-and-carry workflow that eliminates one of the most common manual handling steps in small animal consultation, directly reducing the number of human-animal contact points during a stressful surgery visit. Drug dosing accuracy in small patients is a specific clinical consideration: at body weights below 5kg, the difference between 10g weight increments represents a proportionally large fraction of body weight, making scale precision a patient safety factor for drug calculation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the stretcher function work and what animals is it designed for?
The V-20's platform is designed to function as both a weighing surface and a carrying stretcher. When used as a stretcher, the animal remains on the platform while it is carried between areas of the surgery, eliminating the need to lift the animal off the scale onto a separate carrying device. This is particularly useful for post-operative cats recovering from anaesthesia, for injured animals where additional handling could cause pain or further injury, and for fractious animals where reducing the number of handling episodes reduces the risk of stress-related aggression. The 20kg capacity covers the full practical weight range for which stretcher transport is clinically appropriate in small animal practice.
Is the V-20 accurate enough for weight-based drug dosing calculations in small animals?
Yes. The V-20's 10g graduation provides the accuracy needed for standard veterinary drug dosing calculations in cats and small dogs. For the smallest patients, such as neonatal kittens or toy breed puppies below 1kg, where drug doses at 10g weight increments may be clinically significant, the V-22 with 5g graduation is the more appropriate specification. For general small animal practice covering cats from approximately 0.5kg and dogs from 1kg upward, the V-20's 10g precision is adequate for the body-weight-based dosing calculations used for anaesthetic agents, antibiotics and anti-parasitics in this weight range.
Part of our professional Medical Scales and Measuring range. Veterinary scales provide accurate animal weighing for veterinary practices, shelters, and professional animal care environments.
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- 20kg capacity, 10g graduations, premium small animal veterinary scale for cats, small dogs and other small pets, with a dual-purpose design that converts to a carrying stretcher for safely transporting injured, post-operative or anxious small animals between the waiting room and the consulting room without additional handling equipment.
- Stretcher function reduces handling stress and injury risk for post-surgical recovery patients, fractious cats and small animals where repeated manual transfers create welfare and staff safety concerns, supporting RCVS professional conduct standards for animal welfare and safe restraint during veterinary procedures.
- Lightweight and portable for mobile veterinary services, home visit vets, breeders and rescue organisations requiring accurate small animal weight monitoring outside of a fixed surgery setting, with battery operation for use anywhere without mains power dependency.
- Accurate drug dosing support for small animals where weight-based medication calculations for anaesthetic agents, antibiotics and chemotherapy require reliable sub-gram awareness, supporting the safe use of drugs with narrow therapeutic indices in small patient body weight ranges below 10kg.