Hillside Animal Hospital Twice Yearly Wellness Guidelines
In order to be proactive in your pet’s health and well-being, we recommend wellness consultations every 6 months. Since pets age much faster than you do, more frequent physical exams are important in keeping your pet healthy. These visits allow us to track his or her health more closely and make earlier disease detection and prevention possible.
From puppy and kittenhood, to adulthood, to the senior years; a pet’s stage of life dictates the wellness plan. The tailored plan is dependant on an animal’s age, size, sex, and breed predisposition. The primary visit is used for a patient wellness examination and any necessary annual vaccinations. With the second visit, the patient gets a wellness examination, any 6 month vaccine boosters, and wellness blood work.
Keeping your pet as healthy as possible is a partnership between owner and us. Twice a year pet wellness allows for early detection, early treatment, and a longer life span. A Hillside patient is part of our family too!
Twice Year Wellness Recommendations
Twice a year wellness is recommended for the life of your pet. Frequent visits allow us to discuss recent changes, detect potential problems, tailor diagnostic recommendations, and initiate therapy that will benefit your pet long term.
Juvenile Wellness
A series of wellness consultations and vaccines are required as·puppies and kittens develop.· Problems can be addressed early based on a breed’s predisposition.· Early findings may dictate the path of future wellness.
Adult Wellness
The primary wellness consultation is scheduled for routine vaccines, the first line of prevention. The second wellness consultation is meant for vaccine boosters and basic wellness blood work. Wellness blood work is essential in early detection and treatment of a medical condition. Each consultation allows us to spend time with you to discuss any changes that may have occurred as·your pet ages and make recommendations accordingly.· Factors such as size, sex, age,· lifestyle, and breed will dictate a patient’s recommendations. Radiographsmay be recommended for some patients·as baseline evaluations for future comparisons.
Adult Wellness Blood work includes a basic chemistry (8), a complete blood count, and a heartworm test. We recommend evaluating wellness blood work annually for the lifetime of the pet.
Senior Wellness
With senior patients, each wellness consultation is for routine vaccines and boosters, along with a physical examination.· Changes for seniors can be subtle, so maintaining a healthy senior pet requires an owner’s observations along with twice a year physical examinations to evaluate these changes. The doctors recommend annual comprehensive wellness blood work and urinalysis for all our seniors. Doctors rely on blood and urine tests to provide important information about a pet’s health to determine appropriate therapy.· Radiographsmay also be recommended as these changes occur to ensure appropriate therapy.··
Senior wellness blood work includes a comprehensive chemistry (25), complete blood count, thyroid hormone level, urinalysis, and heartworm test.· Depending on medications, some prescriptions require frequent blood monitoring in addition to routine wellness.·
Depending on your pet's specific needs, these recommendations may change to suit an individual health care plan. Please call us at 480-391-7297 if you have any questions or to schedule an appointment!
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