Exhibit 99.2

VCA Antech, Inc. Increases Financial Guidance for Fiscal Year 2005 and
      Provides Financial Guidance for the Second Quarter of 2005

    LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2005--VCA Antech, Inc.
(NASDAQ:WOOF), a leading animal healthcare company in the United
States, provides the following revised guidance for all investors in
adherence with Regulation Fair Disclosure as issued by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, and encourages all
current and potential investors to review the disclosure regarding
forward-looking statements in this press release as well as in all
financial documents filed with the SEC. All guidance amounts are
before any potential special items.
    In response to its strong performance for the first quarter of
2005, VCA Antech, Inc. is increasing its financial guidance for the
year ending December 31, 2005 as follows:

    --  projected revenue to a range of $779.0 million to $788.0
        million;

    --  projected operating income to a range of $155.0 million to
        $157.4 million;

    --  projected net income to a range of $73.0 million to $74.4
        million; and

    --  projected diluted earnings per common share to a range of
        $0.87 to $0.89.

    Financial guidance for the three months ending June 30, 2005 is as
follows: projected revenue to a range of $200.4 million to $203.7
million and diluted earnings per common share to a range of $0.25 to
$0.26.
    VCA Antech, Inc. has determined to defer adoption of expensing
share-based compensation until the implementation date as determined
by the SEC, currently scheduled for January 1, 2006. The guidance
above reflects that determination.
    On April 19, 2005, VCA Antech, Inc. announced its proposal to
enter into a new senior credit facility to refinance its total
outstanding senior term F notes and to provide the financing for a
tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all of its
outstanding $170.0 million 9.875% senior subordinated notes. The
financial guidance provided above does not take into account this
possible refinance as it is contingent on the satisfaction of several
conditions, including the receipt of sufficient funds from the
anticipated proceeds of the new senior credit facility. If the
refinance is successful, VCA Antech, Inc. expects to incur related
fees and debt retirement costs.

    This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including our statement regarding continued growth in our core
businesses and our expectations regarding our acquisition of Sound
Technologies, Inc., or STI. Actual results may vary substantially from
these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors.
Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ
are: our ability to successfully integrate National PetCare Centers,
Inc. and STI into our existing operations and achieve expected
operating synergies following the mergers; the rate of our laboratory
internal revenue growth and animal hospital same-store revenue growth;
the level of direct costs and our ability to maintain revenue at a
level necessary to maintain expected operating margins; the level of
selling, general and administrative costs; any impairment in the
carrying value of our goodwill; the effects of our recent acquisitions
and our ability to effectively manage our growth; the effects of
competition; changes in the markets for financing; failure to satisfy
the conditions to consummate the tender offer and consent
solicitation; our ability to service our debt; and general economic
conditions. These and other risk factors that could affect actual
results are discussed in our periodic reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2004 and the reader is directed to
these statements for a further discussion of important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements.
    VCA Antech owns, operates and manages the largest networks of
freestanding veterinary hospitals and veterinary-exclusive clinical
laboratories in the country and is one of the largest suppliers of
ultrasound and digital radiography equipment to the veterinary
industry in the country.

    CONTACT: VCA Antech, Inc.
             Tom Fuller, 310-571-6505