Wellness and Preventative Care
At Fairview Veterinary Hospital, we understand that wellness and preventative care are essential to a long and healthy relationship between you and your pet. We are dedicated to making sure your furry friend receives the best health care from us. We are also here to make sure you are educated when it comes to your pet’s health and wellness treatment at home.
The Importance of Annual Exams
It is vital to make sure that your pet maintains a regular schedule of wellness examinations. This will enable you and your veterinarian to keep your pet healthy and detect and prevent diseases before they become too expensive or difficult to treat.
Adult pets should have an examination every year, while puppies and kittens and senior pets, as well as those with current medical conditions should be examined more often.
During the Examination
We will perform basic tests for heartworm disease, and if there is a medical issue, detailed diagnostics. All testing and procedures will be tailored specially for your pet’s unique needs.
Nutrition is vital to the wellness of your pet, as are vaccinations and parasite prevention. Your Fairview veterinarian will discuss any necessary updates to your pet’s course of nutrition and vaccinations with you during your annual visit.
Vaccinations
With the recent advances in vaccinations to protect your pet against diseases like rabies, feline leukemia, Lyme disease, FIV, and many other health issues, vaccination is an important part of your pet’s regular health care.
Your pet will require a personalized and individual course of vaccinations. Our veterinarians can provide all the vaccinations your pet may need and will create a plan that is tailored to your pet.
Microchipping
Each year, millions of pets go missing. Many never find their way home again. One of the best ways to avoid this happening to you is to have your pet microchipped.
A microchip installed at our clinic can help ensure that your pet will be found more quickly should he or she go missing. At Fairview, we use the ResQ microchip system to ensure that if your pet is ever lost, he or she can be returned home safe and sound.
A microchip is a tiny device about the size and shape of a grain of rice implanted beneath the pet’s skin between the shoulder blades. This chip remains there for the pet’s entire life; the procedure is as easy and painless as a vaccination.
Every microchip has a unique number. This number is added to a national pet registry, along with information about the pet and pet parent. Most veterinarians and animal shelters have devices for detecting and reading these implanted microchips. If a lost pet is found with a microchip, the registry is called and the pet parent is contacted.
Pet Wellness Online
There are a number of great resources online to educate you about pet health and wellness. For example:
- AVMA TV is an excellent resource with a library of videos regarding pet health care, all from American Veterinary Medical Association experts.
- The WebMD Pet Health Center has a broad range of videos, presentations, and information about pet health and wellness, including a cat care guide and a dog care guide.
We are pleased to welcome you to the Fairview family. If you have any questions about your pet’s health and wellness, please give us a call.