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July is Preventive Care Exam Awareness Month
Our Recommended Schedule for Preventive Care Exams If your pet is normally healthy and between the ages of 12 months and seven years, an annual exam is usually sufficient. Pets enter middle-age around age seven and their senior years around age 10, so we...
Preventing and Treating Hot Spots on Your Dog or Cat
Acute moist dermatitis, more commonly known as hot spots, occurs due to a bacterial infection on your pet’s skin. Your dog or cat will naturally bite, chew, lick or scratch his skin in response to an irritant. Unfortunately for your pet, this tends to increase...
Safety Tips for a Fun Summer with Your Pet
Swimming Doesn’t Come Naturally to All Dogs Dog owners can become too relaxed keeping an eye on their dog near water because they assume all dogs possess an innate ability to swim. This simply isn’t true, particularly for dog breeds with small hindquarters...
Horse Treats
One simple yet sure way to bond with your horse is to give her treats. Whether as positive reinforcement when training, or just as a way to brighten her day, treats provide a tasty complement to the routine diet. But like all animals, horses should only be given...
Grass Sickness – Equine
Equine Grass Sickness (EGS) is a relatively unknown, yet serious condition that affects a horse's nervous system. First reported in Scotland in the early 1900s, the disease had been largely contained in Northern Europe. However, more recently, it was suspected in...
It’s Flea and Tick Season
After a long winter, it’s finally time for spring in Pennsylvania. While most people gladly welcome the warmer weather, pet parents need to increase their flea and tick prevention efforts. These parasites become much more prevalent as the temperature rises. It’s...
Tapeworms
Tapeworms, a fairly common parasite in dogs and cats, are flat and made up of distinctive looking segments which are continually produced near the worm's neck. Each segment is capable of reproducing, and as new segments are added, old ones break away and are typically...
Nutrition Advice
From shopping trips to advertising, pet parents are bombarded with dozens of food choices for their four-legged companion, each touting reasons why it's the best diet for their pet. But just like people, every pet is an individual, and the right food for one may be...
Lyme Disease
If you're a dog parent, chances are you've at least heard the term "Lyme disease." Transmitted to canines by the bite of a tick, Lyme disease is a bacterial-based illness that travels through the dog's bloodstream and usually centralizes in the joints. Although the...
Mastitis – Cattle
Cattle are a common species to suffer from mastitis, a disease that causes inflammation of the mammary gland and udder tissue. Mastitis is typically an immune response to bacteria encountered in bedding material or through contaminated teat dips. However, it can also...