Celebrate Your Senior and Geriatric Pets Long and Healthy Life!
At Wignall Animal Hospital and Lowell Veterinary Clinic we aim to do everything we can to help you and your pet manage the aging process as a Senior and Geriatric pet. This includes weight management, blood and urine testing, annual exams and vaccinations. (To gain a better understanding of these tests, read our Frequently Asked Questions About "Senior Screenings". ) (link to the FAQ Sr Screen Insert)Growing older is a natural and inevitable process we all must face. This applies to our pets, too. And just like your health, where "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure", preventive medicine helps your Senior/Geriatric Pet to ease into aging and maintain a quality life. Age itself is not a disease! Because pets age much faster than humans, medical changes can occur suddenly and without any advance warning. These changes often surprise owners who wish they had been prepared or able to prevent some of the problems associated with normal pet aging. "But he seemed fine up until this week! How could this be possible?" These are responses we often hear from pet owners who find they aging pet is "suddenly" ill.
At Wignall and Lowell Veterinary Clinic, we can maximize you're aging pet's quality of life with early detection of kidney, heart, liver and metabolic diseases; and identify processes of disease long before the actual disease is present. Early detection helps protect your pet; and extends the joy a healthy life brings to your pet and you.
Join with us to bring better health to your Senior/Geriatric Pet and we will even save you some money too! See our Senior Month Promotions for more details. To read about the key components to caring for a Senior or Geriatric Pet, see our Health Care Commitments.
What you should know about the Healthy Senior Pet Screening
What is the Healthy Senior Pet Screening?
The Healthy Senior Pet Screening is a group of laboratory tests that help you and your pet's veterinarian see if your "Senior" pet has begun developing certain illnesses for which these pets are at risk.
Why is it called "healthy" pet screening if it is looking for illness?
Wignall Animal Hospital wants your pet to have the very best medical care possible. It is called a "healthy" pet screening because our goal, and yours, is to discover these senior illnesses early while your pet is still appearing to be healthy and not yet showing symptoms.
What laboratory tests are included?
There are four tests included in the Healthy Senior Pet Screening, offered at a 45% savings because they are packaged together.
Blood Tests:
- Complete Blood Count (CBC)
- Chemistry Profile (Chemistry Profile)
- Thyroid (T4 Test)
- Urinalysis
Value: $288.00 Package Price: $159.50
Where Tick-Borne Diseases Are Found
The following maps highlight the number of reported positive cases of Lyme disease in dogs across Southern New England. Because so many dogs go untested for tick-borne diseases, the actual number of dogs infected by ticks is likely many times higher than what is shown here. For more information on Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, visit dogsandticks.com.
DNA Testing Now Offered
Find Out What's In Your Mix!
Wanting to know your dog's breed mix is more than a matter of curiosity; it could help you get a better understanding of your dog's behavior, physical traits and even his/her health. A dog's genetic make-up is like a "secret recipe" that can determine these things and that recipe is usually completely unknown by most dog owners. If you would like to know more about your dog's "secret recipe", just ask our staff or talk to your Wignall Animal Hospital / Lowell Veterinary Clinic Veterinarian. A DNA test specifically designed for dogs uncovers each dog's secret genetic recipe. With each test, you receive a personalized report about the breeds detected in your dog and focuses on the breeds that make up a higher percentage of your dog's genetics. The information includes the history of the breeds, physical traits and breed-related behaviors. Along with your customized report, you will have access to online resources to help you learn more about your dog's breeds.
Dracut-Lowell Area Veterinary Hospitals Rally
to Help Local Shelter Pets in Need
Wignall Animal Hospital and Lowell Veterinary Clinic joins national movement to donate lifesaving medicine to benefit area dogs and cats in need
DRACUT, MA AUGUST 1, 2010 - Pet shelters in MA are seeing an increase in the thousands of cats and dogs entering shelters each year due to the economic recession. In response, Wignall Animal Hospital and Lowell Veterinary Clinic have partnered with more than 2,000 veterinary clinics nationwide to provide heartworm and intestinal parasite medication to shelter and rescue dogs and cats.
The program, dubbed Give Interceptor® Give Back, provides Interceptor® (milbemycin oxime) Flavor Tabs® to participating veterinary hospitals which, in turn, make the donation to any local pet shelter or rescue group of the hospital's choosing. Nationwide, the program will ultimately deliver 167,900 doses to dogs and cats in need.
Wignall Animal Hospital and Lowell Veterinary Clinic chose to support Northeast Animal Shelter, Salem, MA because of its commitment to help local animals. "We know the importance of heartworm and parasite prevention," said Dr. David McGrath, at Wignall Animal Hospital. "Because of our involvement, today, more animals are healthy and more are ready for adoption."
Through the program, Wignall Animal Hospital and Lowell Veterinary Clinic have pledged enough medicine for Northeast Animal Shelter to keep 279 dogs and cats protected from the most common and dangerous internal parasites.
Interceptor Flavor Tabs prevents heartworm disease, which can be deadly to dogs and cats, but also controls roundworms, hookworms and whipworms in dogs and roundworms and hookworms in cats. Through the end of 2010, every qualifying purchase automatically generates a donation, making it easy for pet owners to treat their own pet while helping pets in need in the surrounding community.
Note:
Dogs and cats should be tested for heartworm prior to use. In a small percentage of treated dogs, digestive and neurologic side effects may occur. In cats, safety studies up to 10 times the label dose did not detect any adverse drug reactions. For full production information, go to http://www.interceptorpet.com/ or call 1-800-332-2761.
My Best Friend III
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Have a great furry 4 legged friend? Or one with feathers, scales, a shell or quills? We'd love to hear from you with a Pet Tribute! Celebrate your pet(s) in our My Best Friend 2010 DVD! We are looking for photos and a few words about your pets who are still an active part of your family; and those from the past whose memories come alive just by saying their names. 2010 is our third edition of this commemoration of our clients' pets and as you can imagine, it is a huge production; therefore while the DVD will be released in September 2010, we are requesting photos and tributes from our clients beginning APRIL 15th! The deadline for submissions is JULY 5th, 2010. Each participating client will receive a complimentary DVD of all the commemorated pets, a truly beautiful audio visual experience.
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You can email us (mybestfriend@wignall.com); mail in to (My Best Friend DVD, Wignall Animal Hospital, 1837 Bridge Street, Dracut, MA 01826); or stop by with one or more photos along with your written tribute and we will make your pet part of our "Pet Tribute Corner" at Wignall Animal Hospital. If stopping by with your tribute and photos, please place those in an envelope labeled "My Best Friend DVD".
