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Animal Hospital Offering Preventives Services for Pets in Windsor

At Huron Church Animal Hospital in Windsor, our professional staff offers a wide range of preventive services for pets to prevent common infections and illnesses in them. Be it ticks or fleas, we can help eliminate them all. Over the years, our preventive services have helped all kinds of pets in the region in avoiding problems and live a healthy life. Our veterinarians in Windsor, ON, have the equipment and expertise to identify possible threats and apply preventive measures to ensure that your pets enjoy a comfortable life. You can reach out to us if you have any questions regarding our services.

Tick Prevention

Ticks are getting increasingly common in North America, and they're already showing up in places where humans and pets have never seen ticks before. Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and tick paralysis are just a few of the serious—and sometimes fatal—diseases that these parasites can cause. If your pet starts coughing or has pain in joints, difficulty breathing, fever, weakness, or a loss of appetite, weight, energy, or coordination, don't hesitate to get in touch with us right away.

Keeping the Ticks Away

Keeping your pets on a tick preventive is the best way to keep ticks off of them. Ticks can travel inside through your clothing or shoes, putting even indoor-only pets at risk. Tick preventives are both safe and effective at keeping ticks and the diseases they carry at bay. Even if your dog or cat is on a preventive, don't be alarmed if you find a tick on them. Some preventives kill ticks after they've gotten into touch with your pet. Ticks can readily hide under your pet's fur, so we recommend inspecting your pets for ticks every time they come in from outside as an added precaution.

Heartworm Prevention

Mosquitoes can transmit heartworm infection when they bite. Heartworms can cause serious problems for your dog or cat. The heart, lungs, and blood arteries can be seriously and occasionally fatally damaged by these parasites. Some pets might not even get the symptoms, and those that do may have a wide range of symptoms. Fortunately, keeping your dog or cat safe is as simple as giving them monthly heartworm preventives. Roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, ear mites, fleas, and ticks are all parasites that most heartworm treatments protect your pet against.

Symptoms in Dogs

Heartworm infection treatment is much more expensive than prevention, and it might potentially kill your dog. Canine heartworm infection can potentially induce a life-threatening consequence termed "caval syndrome", a type of liver failure that usually results in death if not treated quickly. Here are some signs of heartworm disease that you should look out for in your dog:

Swollen abdomen (caused by fluid accumulation from heart failure)
Fatigue and weight loss
Difficulty breathing
Coughing

Symptoms in Cats

For cats, there is no recognized treatment of heartworm disease, and it can get more difficult to be diagnosed as compared to dogs. Some cats will naturally rid themselves of the virus, while others may succumb. Even one or two adult heartworms can cause major issues in a cat. Heartworm-associated respiratory illness (HARD) is a sickness that affects cats; the symptoms are subtle and can be mistaken for asthma or allergic bronchitis. The following are some of the symptoms that your cats might show:

Signs of respiratory distress (panting, wheezing, coughing, and difficulty breathing)
Vomiting (usually unrelated to food intake)
Loss of weight or appetite

Flea Prevention 

Fleas can cause various issues among pets, ranging from moderate irritation to death. These parasites are capable of causing severe itching, irritation, and allergies, as well as transmitting tapeworms and illnesses. Dogs, cats, ferrets, mice, and rats can all be infested with fleas. Fleas aren't just problematic for pets; they may bite humans as well. These blood-sucking parasites do not belong on your pet or in your home. If they've already made their way inside, we can help you keep them out or get rid of them.


For additional information, please get in touch with us.

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Preventive Services

Our staff can offer preventive services for all kinds of pets.

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