Companion Animal Practice offers many ways to prevent diseases and promote wellbeing in your pets.

   - Yearly wellness exams with appropriate vaccinations and antibody titers.        

•  Rabies vaccinations are required by law and can be good for one year or three years. Dogs, cats and ferrets have to vaccinated for Rabies.
• We offer vaccine titer checks for dogs and cats to cut down on the over-vaccination of our pets.
• Other common vaccinations for dogs include Lyme Disease vaccinations and Bordetella (commonly known as Kennel Cough) Vaccinations.
• Another common vaccination for cats is Feline Leukemia.
• Both cats and dogs should be checked yearly for Heartworms. Dogs also need to be checked for Lyme disease (our test also checks for other tick borne diseases). Cats that go outside should be tested for Feline Leukemia (FeLV) and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV).
• All of your pets should be checked for parasites and worms. They may, at that time, need to be treated for worms and parasites. 

   
    - Stock up on Heartworm Preventative

• Heartworms are transmitted to your pets by mosquitos. Because mosquitos are around through all of our seasons we recommend that your pets be on heartworm preventative medications all year long. 
• Both cats and dogs should be given heartworm preventative medication.
• Heartworm medications are prescription drugs and can only be prescribed and sold by a licensed veterinarian.
• Companion Animal Practice recommends Novartis' Interceptor but we also carry Merial's Heartgard. Both products prevent heartworm disease and many other intestinal parasites.