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SURGERY
At Canada del Oro Pet Clinic, we offer a wide range of surgical services for your pet. Commonly performed elective procedures include ovariohysterectomies (spays), orchiectomies (neuters), tumor removals, and dentistries.
Like you, our greatest concern is the well-being of your pet. Before putting your pet under anesthesia, we will perform a physical examination. Since many conditions including disorders of the liver, kidneys or blood are not detected without blood testing, we recommend pre-operative testing. Such tests, which can be performed in our laboratory, are especially important before any kind of surgery.
Canada del Oro Pet Clinic uses ISOFLUORANE which is the anesthetic of choice in veterinary medicine. This anesthetic provides a higher level of safety for the patient during anesthetic procedures.
For your pet's safety, all surgical patients are monitored during surgery for heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure.
Pain management post-surgically is also addressed on an individual basis which leads to pet comfort and smoother recovery.
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PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Our goal at Canada del Oro is to give our patients the best possible care. During a routine vaccination appointment, we examine the overall health of the animal. Many older pets have dental/periodontal disease, early heart disease, kidney disease, tumors, or other abnormalities. Labwork or even radiographs (x-rays) may need to be performed in order to evaluate organs, and these can be discussed during a checkup.
Depending on their size, geriatric dogs and cats can be as young as 7 years old. These animals need more thorough checkups and are evaluated for overall health and disease whenever they are seen. Yearly examinations may not be enough for our elderly patients.
The foundation for preventing and treating disease early is the wellness examination. Since our pets age quicker than we do, twice-yearly health examinations are now the standard for optimal pet health. These checkups become more important as pets become older. Many progressive disease conditions can be detected before the pet owner is aware of their presence. Vaccinating your pet on a regular basis helps prevent many fatal diseases and stimulates the immune system to respond to other challenges. When your desire, like ours, is to optimize your pet's health, think "prevention" with wellness examinations. |
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LABORATORY
Canada del Oro Pet Clinic has in-house laboratory testing capabilities as well as access to outside commercial veterinary laboratories. Diagnostic blood testing, wellness testing, pre-operative testing, repeat testing and therapeutic testing are all used to assist the doctors in diagnosis and for the benefit of our patients. Fecal analysis, urinalysis, ear cytology, and tumor cytology are also routinely performed. |
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PHARMACY
Our pharmacy is an integral part of providing full service care for your pet. For your convenience, we carry a large number of veterinary approved medications that can be used in treating most pets' conditions. We carry only high quality products from ethical veterinary supply distributors. |
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DENTISTRY
One of the most common maladies seen among middle age and older dogs and cats is periodontal disease. It is estimated that more than 85% of dogs and cats over four years of age have some form of dental disease. Dental tartar, staining, gum disease, and breath odor can all be possible signs of periodontal disease. Periodontal disease that is left untreated can result in severe damage to the heart, kidneys and lungs.
Dental procedures that require only dental scaling, polishing and fluoride treatment indicate the ideal frequency of dental procedures. Multiple extractions, performing gingival flaps, sealing gum pockets, and the need for long term antibiotics are all indications that the procedure has been long overdue. Generally, once dental ultrasound cleaning has been done, it is recommended that routine dental cleaning should be performed approximately every year. If tooth brushing or tartar control diets is not part of the maintenance routine, then dental cleaning may be necessary more frequently than every year.
Our goal is to optimize your pet's life, including proper dental care and treatment.
(See SURGERY under Services Heading) |
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OVER-THE-COUNTER PRODUCTS
At Canada del Oro Pet Clinic, we carry only the highest quality veterinary approved products and diets from reputable ethical veterinary distributors. We offer pet shampoos and conditioners, dental care products, pet vitamins, flea and tick prevention products (e.g. PROGRAM), heartworm prevention products (e.g. INTERCEPTOR), and pet foods.
High quality pet foods available at Canada del Oro Pet Clinic include Science Diet, and Innovative Veterinary Diets (IVD) Life Stages Diets.
(See SPECIALTY PET DIETS under Services Heading)
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SPECIALTY PET DIETS
Hills products were the first diets developed especially for pets with health problems. Since 1948, Hills has been producing Prescription Diets that aid in the prevention and treatment of many health problems, such as obesity or cardiovascular disease. Hills also offers their Science Diets for pets without health problems. These include growth, maintenance, and senior diets for both dogs and cats, and hairball control formula just for cats.
Innovative veterinary diets (IVD) are all naturally preserved diets for cats and dogs. Their Limited Ingredient Diets are used primarily for pets with food allergies. By switching to a food your pet has never had, such as duck, rabbit, or venison, food sources that are causing the allergy can be removed completely from the diet. IVDs Select Care line is specially formulated to control the severity of health problems in pets. Life Stages puppy, kitten, senior, and maintenance diets are also available.
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RADIOGRAPHY (XRAYS)
Our clinic has on-premises radiology capability. Xrays can greatly assist in the diagnosis and prognosis of many disease conditions. Specialty radiology procedures such as barium series and urinary system dye studies are also available. The doctor may recommend xrays for your pet in order to help with diagnosis and proper treatment. The procedure usually requires brief hospitalization to complete. |
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