(NewsNation) — The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago is now equipped with an on-site CT scanner to help diagnose and treat the aquatic animals in its care.

On Tuesday, the Shedd Aquarium announced that its CT scanner will be a permanent fixture in its state-of-the-art, full-scale animal hospital, which oversees the care of 32,000 animals. The aquarium said it has become one of only a handful in the U.S. with this technology. Previously, the aquarium relied on 2D X-ray images, ultrasounds and sometimes transporting animals off-site for scans to examine their internal anatomy.

“We’re evolving what’s possible in aquatic medicine and setting a new gold standard of care for every patient,” said Karisa Tang, the aquarium's vice president of animal health. “By having this tool at our disposal, it expan

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