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Wellness Services

Pet Wellness Services
The Staff at Latimer Animal Hospital is committed to providing individualized medical care services to your animal. In order to provide your pet with a long and happy life, our focus is on preventative care. That’s why we offer wellness plans. By staying healthy with regular checkups and routine vaccinations, it can decrease the lifetime cost of care for your pet.

Regular wellness exams include screenings for a variety of common diseases that affect your pet’s health. These screenings become even more important as your pet ages. Good client/doctor communication is another important aspect in your pets care. It’s important for the doctor to talk to each client and interview regularly regarding your pet’s health. Education is another and equally important part in wellness plans. We want to empower you with all information necessary to provide the best care for your pet at home.

Pet Wellness Exams
Regular wellness exams are an integral part of your pet’s preventative healthcare. You go to the doctor regularly, shouldn’t your pet?

A routine exam provides an opportunity for the doctor to get a sense of your pets overall health as well as catch any potential medical issues before they become a major issue. It’s also a time to develop a relationship and rapport with the doctor, and he can provide you with important advice and new information on the care of your particular type and breed of animal.

Latimer Animal Hospital recommends a complete nose to tail physical at least once a year and a detailed screening.

At this time the Doctors will:

  • Listen to the heart
  • Listen to the lungs
  • Check your pets teeth and oral cavity
  • Evaluate your pets vision
  • Check ears
  • Palpate the lymph nodes, abdomen and stomach
  • Check joints and muscles
  • Laboratory work – heartworm test and blood tests
  • Parasite testing


For more information regarding wellness plans, please ask your veterinarian

Digital Radiology
Radiographs are one of the most important diagnostic tools that veterinary medicine has. They are extremely helpful for diagnosing and monitoring many medical and surgical conditions. X-rays are useful for examining your pet’s bones, lungs, heart, abdomen, oral cavity and other areas. It can detect bone fractures, tumors, heart problems, and locate an obstruction or foreign object within your pet’s body.

Latimer Animal Hospital utilizes digital radiography. This means we can quickly take highly detailed x-rays and manipulate them to gain a better view within your pets.

In-house Laboratory
Latimer Animal Hospital offers a full service laboratory that allows us to perform a wide array of services including complete blood counts, chemistry profiles, electrolytes, urinalysis, fecal exams, cytology evaluations, and other tests for your pet. With our latest technology, we are able to retrieve fast and accurate results, therefore helping to determine your pet’s diagnosis and implementing a treatment.

Our in house lab is especially important when dealing with an emergency or critical case. Often we can have results within 15 minutes thus increasing better outcomes in emergency situations.

Health Maintenance Services
You love your pet, we love your pet. When your pet doesn’t feel well, you want to find the best care for them. Latimer Animal Hospital wants to provide that care for your pet in a compassionate, loving environment. We have high standards in treating your pet, but we don’t just want to treat as they get sick, we want to prevent any illness or disease. That’s why in our preventive care program, your pet receives “nose-to-tail” examinations in order to establish his/her overall health profile. We use a personalized approach to high quality pet care based on your and your pet’s lifestyle.

Vaccines
Thankfully due to vaccinating we do not see as many cases of major infectious diseases in our pets. Your pet can be protected against most major infectious diseases. Today, immunizations and preventative medicines are available that did not exist a decades ago.

Vaccines are useful in preventing canine distemper, parvovirus, bordetella, rabies, Lyme disease, and other diseases in your dog and feline leukemia, panleukopenia, rabies, and feline immunodeficiency virus in cats. Latimer Animal Hospital can assist you in deciding which preventative measures are necessary for your pet.

Core Vaccines for Dogs
Canine distemper
Canine adenovirus (hepatitis)
Canine parvovirus
Canine parainfluenza
Rabies

Core Vaccines for Cats
Panleukopenia virus
Feline calicivirus
Rhinotracheitis (herpes virus)
Rabies
Feline distemper

Non-core vaccines for dogs
– Bordetella is a bacteria commonly associated with respiratory infections in dogs, also known as kennel cough. This vaccine is recommended if your dog attends day care, visits dog parks, boarding kennels or any location that he/she may be nose-to-nose with other dogs.
– Leptospirosis is bacteria found in soil, water, and around other infected animals. It affects dogs as well as other animals, including humans. Your veterinarian will recommend leptospirosis vaccine if your dog is at risk.

Non-core vaccines for cats
– Feline leukemia virus is a contagious disease of cats and spreads through intimate nose to nose contact with infected saliva. It is not a core vaccine, but could be recommended if your cat is at risk of exposure to this disease.

Your Pet's Surgery
Comfort and Compassion
It is never an easy decision to allow your pet to undergo surgery. This is why we work hard to ensure your pet’s procedure is as comfortable as possible in a state of the art surgical suite.

Latimer Animal Hospital believes that our personal attention to you and your pet will ease your decision and make the process run as smoothly as possible.

Surgical Services
Latimer Animal Hospital has a complete surgery suite dedicated to providing the services for your pet with the highest quality of surgical care possible.

Anesthesia and Monitoring
At Latimer Animal Hospital, your pet has access to state of the art anesthetic administration and cardiovascular monitoring equipment and protocols.

Prior to surgery, your pet is examined and it is recommended to have a pre-surgical blood screen. The results of these tests, along with your pet’s history, breed, pre-existing conditions, and age are used to create an individual anesthesia plan.

Pain Management
We all know that pain hurts, but it can have many effects on the body. It can slow healing, decrease activity, cause behavior changes (aggressive, anxiety, and depression), and most importantly, inhibit the bond between you and your pet.

Latimer Animal Hospital promises to use all means to prevent and treat pain in your pet. Whenever possible we use a combination of NSAIDS and/or narcotic pain relievers.

Post-Operative Care
Upon caring for your pet upon dismissal, staff at Latimer Animal Hospital will provide you with all information on how to take care of your pet at home. And as always, we are available for any questions or concerns once you get home.

Pet Dental Care
The Importance of Dental Care
Good dental hygiene is important in your pet’s health. Dental hygiene can either add or subtract years of life to your pet. Routine dental checkups, teeth cleaning, and other similar services help increase the well being and quality of your pet’s life.

Dental Services
The Doctors at Latimer Animal Hospital believe that good dental care starts with a complete oral exam followed by a thorough cleaning. Dental services include scaling, polishing, and an antiseptic mouth rinse. This combination is designed to remove plaque and slow its buildup.

Your Pets Dental Cleaning includes [Before/After Cleaning Services]

  • Oral Exams
  • Diagnosis and treatment of periodontal diseases
  • Supra/Subgingival scaling
  • Tooth extractions
  • Polishing
  • Irrigation
  • Fluoride application


The Staff at Latimer Animal Hospital will educate you about the importance of your pet’s dental health. We take great pride in providing you with the best possible services.

Client Care Services
Microchipping
Studies have shown that 10 million pets get lost each year and about 90% of those would not return to these owners without some sort of permanent lost pet ID.

This is why we view microchip lost pets ID’s as a standard of protection for your pet. With a microchip, your pet can be identified quickly and easily. They are safe and permanent ID’s for pets.

If you are interested in Microchipping, please talk to the Doctors or Staff.

In-house Pharmacy
Our in-house pharmacy gives you the benefit of starting your pet’s medication as soon as you get home. We are stocked with a wide array of pharmaceuticals used commonly on vet-medicine. Appropriate administration will be taught upon pickup and refills can be called in for quick and easy pickup.

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