Vaccination and Wellness Care

Vaccinations & Wellness Care

Preventative care is the key to a long, healthy life for your pet.

Regular wellness care and vaccinations are essential for maintaining your pet’s health and preventing serious diseases and parasites. Depending on your pet’s life stage, we recommend either annual or biannual comprehensive exams to ensure their well-being. We tailor every care plan to meet the unique needs of your pet and family—because one size does not fit all.

What to Expect During Your Pet’s Wellness Visit

• Discuss your pet’s history, lifestyle, and health goals with the veterinarian.
• Check your pet’s weight and evaluate if a nutritional or exercise program may help.
• Perform a nose-to-tail physical exam, including oral health assessment.
• Recommend dental treatments or preventative care if needed.
• Conduct specialized blood tests based on your pet’s life stage and findings.

Pet Vaccinations: Protecting Against Serious Diseases

We prioritize safe and effective vaccination schedules, considering your pet’s lifestyle and local disease risks. Our doctors thoroughly research contagious diseases in our area and explain every vaccine your pet receives, ensuring you understand its purpose.

For Dogs

• Distemper: A highly contagious and often fatal disease causing vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and neurological symptoms.
• Hepatitis (CAV-1): Affects the liver, kidneys, and lungs; severity ranges from mild to fatal.
• Canine Adenovirus Type 2 (CAV-2): A respiratory disease associated with "kennel cough."
• Bordetella Bronchiseptica: A bacterial cause of kennel cough, potentially fatal for puppies.
• Rabies: A fatal disease that infects the central nervous system of all warm-blooded animals, including humans.
• Parvo: Causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms and often results in death without treatment.
• Leptospirosis: A bacterial infection that targets the liver, kidneys, and other organs; it is zoonotic and can infect humans.

For Cats

• Panleukopenia: Also known as feline distemper, it causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms and high fever.
• Rhinotracheitis (FVP): A respiratory disease causing sneezing, coughing, and eye/nose discharge.
• Calcivirus: Attacks the respiratory system and can cause ulcers; often fatal when complicated by other infections.
• Rabies: A fatal central nervous system disease that can spread to humans.
• Feline Leukemia: A viral disease associated with various health issues, including blood disorders and reproductive failures.

Parasite Prevention and Detection

Parasites harm your pet by causing diseases and depriving them of essential nutrients. During your visit, we’ll discuss prevention and detection strategies for common external parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites, and internal parasites such as roundworms, hookworms, and tapeworms.

Heartworm: This serious disease is transmitted by mosquitoes and can be fatal if untreated. A blood test can determine infection, and preventive treatments are available at our clinic.

Early detection and treatment of parasites are vital to your pet’s health. Please bring a stool sample to your pet’s appointment for testing. Complimentary fecal collection kits are available at our clinic.

Take the Next Step in Preventative Care

Schedule your pet’s wellness visit today and give them the gift of good health.