Preventative Care
Physical Exam: to ensure the health of your pet
Vaccinations:Vaccine schedules are determined on an individual basis. Appropriate vaccines are affected by age, life sytle, travel, and immune status
Heartworm Testing: recommended yearly. Even the drug companies admit that no drug is 100 % effective.The chance of your pet contracting heartworm while on medication is very small. However the risk is ther. If your pet is on a heartworm medication purchased at our clinic, and they contract heartworm disease, the drug manufacturer will pay all costs associated with treatment. Heartworm is a devistating disease and by yearly testing we can catch an infection early, before permanent injury to your pet's heart and lungs.
Parasite Control: The Center for Disease Control recommend yearly testing and/or yearly deworming to prevent human exposure and infection. There are numerous incidents of humans contracting canine and feline parasites. We recommend a yearly fecal check.
Diagnostic Services
Physical Exam: When your pet is ill, a simple exam may help us determine the problem quickly. If the problem is not obvious, March Animal Hospital has state of the art equipment and experienced doctors to delineate the cause of the illness.
X-ray Equipment: Modern digital x-ray equipment to produce excellent quality films aids in the diagnosis of many types of problems.
In-house Laboratory: Blood chemistries as well as complete blood counts can be done in house to quickly determine the seriousness of your pet's problem.
Outside Laboratory: March Animal Hospital uses an outside lab capable of providing numerous types of other testing that cannot be done in house. This includes bacterial cultures and antibiotic sensitivity, thyroid testing, biopsies, and other specialized testing
EKG: In house EKG is used for screening and monitoring during surgery. CardioPet provides expert Veterinary Cardiologists to evaluate the EKG and recommend further diagnostics and treatment regimes
Cardiac Monitoring: All patients under any form of anesthesia are placed on a PulseOximeter. This piece of equipment monitors heart rate as well oxygenation levels in the blood. The alarms on this machine warn us if there is any problems with our patients. This gives us the ability to correct the problem before it becomes life threatening.
Blood Pressure Monitoring: High or low blood pressure can be as serious to our friends as it is to us. We monitor our surgical patients and any other patient that we are concerned about. Geriatric screening is recommended after the age of 8 years old.
Tonopen: Brand new instrument used to screen all cases involving the eyes for Glaucoma. March Animal Hospital recommends all pets over the age of 10 get a yearly screening.
Dental Care
Routine cleaning and polishing: Unlike humans most animals need to be under general anesthesia in order to perform a thorough evalutation as well as cleaning and polishing the teeth. Our new Dental'aire Machine allows us to perform a thorough cleaning and polishing in the shortest time possible. This makes the dental safe for our furry friends, because anesthetic time is kept to a minimum.
Extractions: We believe that the veterinary patient needs to retain as many teeth as possible. However if the tooth is beyond saving due to exposed nerve roots, severe gingivitis and gum recession, or a severely damaged tooth, extraction is the only solution.
Preventive Programs : Preventing dental disease at home is the best way to ensure your pet will have healthy gums and teeth throughout their life. Brushing daily is the most effective way to clean away plaque and tarter. MAH recommends enzymatic tooth paste and a specifically designed tooth brush. If brushing is impossible there are numerous other items available in the market. These include dental bones, rawhides impregnated with dental enzymes, special diets and oral rinses.
Behavior/Pet Selection
New pet counseling
Puppy training
Behavior evaluations/training
OBEDIENCE CLASSES
Starting July 22, 2010 obedience classes with Ashley Trotter
Creative Paws in the basement of the clinic. More information on page
marked Obedience Training under the "Our Clinic" tab.
Exotic Pets
Small birds for routine care
“Pocket pets”
Ferrets
Nutritional Products
Hills Prescription Diets
Eukanuba Veterinary Diets
Royal Canine
Purina
Special Services
House Calls
In home euthanasia
