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VACCINATIONS
 Your dog or cat may be exposed to many diseases during its lifetime. Many are preventable, while others may be treated or controlled. Routine examinations , and vaccinations, may help keep your dog or cat healthy and free of disease. Dr. Diffey can recommend the best vaccination protocol that will keep your pet healthy, happy and free of many infectious diseases.
For mature animals, the vacciantion schedule Dr. Diffey recommends will be dependent on a number of factors, e.g., age, innoculation history, geographic location, potential exposures and the duration protection of the vaccine. Only those vaccines needed by your cat or dog will be administered.
Laboratory test may be advised in order to determine whether you cat or dog is free of potentially debilitating or fatal interanl parasites: Some of these can be transmitted to human beings, making detection and/or treatment cruical to your family's health. Northwest Rankin Animal Clinic stay up-to-date on the most current medical stategies should illness or disease be confirmed.
Potential threats to your dog's health:
 Rabies is a fatal disease that can infect all warm-blooded animals including dogs, cats and humans.
Canine parvovirus produces a potentially fatal disease of the gatrointestinal tract and, less commonly, the muscles of the heart.
Canine Coronavirus infection is a highly contagious gastrointestinal disease in dogs.
Canine distemper is a highly contagious, and potentially fatal, viral disease in dogs.
Hepatits is a virus that can damage the liver, kidneys, spleen and lungs in dogs.
Canine parainfluenza virus causes respiratory disease. In combination with other viral or bacterial infections, the disease is more serious. The virus is spread through the cough of infected dogs.
Bordetella bronchiseptica is the most common bacteria contributing to respiatory disease complex, or "kennel cough," in dogs. When the dog also has a viral infection, the disease is much more severe.
Leptospirosis is caused by bactera that can permanently damage your dog's liver, kidneys and other major organs. Other dogs, and evern humans, can become ill after contact with an infected dog's urine.
Lyme disease is aquired by both dogs and people from infected deer ticks. It is most commonly diagnosed tick-borne disease in people in the United States.
Potential threats to your cat's health:
Rabies is a fatal disease that can infect all warm-blooded animals including dogs, cats and humans.
Feline panleukopenia or Feline distemper is caused by a highly contagious virus that may cause loss of appetite, vomiting, and diarrhea. The disease may be especially severe in kittens, and is potentially fatal.
Feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR) or Feline herpesvirus is one of the causes of upper respiratory disease in cats.
Feline calicivirus causes upper respiratory disease. Infected cats may show clinical signes such as: sneezing, fever, ulcers in the mouth and limping.
Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is the most common cause of serious illness and death in cats. It also causes about one third of all cancer death in cats. This virus suppresses the cat's immune system, leaving it susceptible to other infections.
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