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Administer vaccines.
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Consult with you on your pet's behavior, appetite, exercise habits, and regualr activities at home.
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Provide nutritional counseling.
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Discuss heartworm, flea and tick and parasite control.
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Listen to your pet's heart. Heart murmurs, arrhythmias and signs of heart disease can be heard through a stethoscope.
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Listen to your pet's lungs - By listening to your pet's lungs with a stethoscope, we can detect infections, diseases or other problems and assess the overall pulmonary health of your pet.
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Examine your pet's teeth and mouth - Dental disease is the most common disease in pets. Examining your pet's teeth and mouth allows us to determine level of infection and impaction. Puppies and kittens also need to be checked to ensure their teeth are developing properly.
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Evaluate your pet's eyes - Ocular conditions can be prevented through regular care and screenings. We will look for dry eyes, cataracts, corneal ulcers and glaucoma.
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Look into your pet's ears - We check for ear mites, redness, odor or discharge or other signs of ear infections. Allergies and outdoor activities may be a cause for irritation.
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Feel the skin, lymph nodes and abdomen - We feel for lumps, bumps, or swellings and skin discolorations, lesions or patterns of hair loss or thinning. These may be signs of systemic problems or metabolic diseases.
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Feel joints and muscles - By feeling and moving the joints and limbs, we can detect swollen joints, decreased muscle tone and variations in muscle size. In young pets, we will look for developmental issues, and in our older friends we detect signs of arthritis.
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Perform blood and lab tests - A complete physical exam should include a heartworm, blood and urine tests. These simple tests give us a baseline archive of your pet's overall health and may point to underlying diseases.
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Screen for parasites - A recommended fecal examination allows us to check for parasites or worms.
