Dr. Don DeForge Silver Sands Veterinary

www.SilverSandsVeterinary.blogspot.com Donald H. DeForge, VMD www.SilverSandsVeterinary.com DonDeForge100@gmail.com A Danger in Your Home- Be Smart and Treat Eliminate the Zoonosis 23March2017 Toxocariasis: Last year--- I published an article on the danger of Roundworm in dogs and cats as a zoonosis. It was the most read Blog on 2016.  I bring it back in 2017. From the Companion Animal Parasite Council: Control and Prevention Puppies and kittens should be routinely dewormed beginning at 2 weeks of age, with deworming repeated every 2 weeks, until the animals are four to eight weeks of age and placed on a monthly product with efficacy against ascarids. To treat potential newly acquired infections, dogs and cats should be maintained on monthly intestinal parasite control products with efficacy against ascarids. Efficacy of the initial dewormings, monthly control product, and client compliance should be monitored by performing a fecal exami...

Dr. Don DeForge Silver Sands Veterinary www.SilverSandsVeterinary.com www.SilverSandsVeterinary.blogspot.com 16March2017 The Pet Owner's Choice:   Animal Urgent Care or the  Animal ER The Animal ER is for Life Threatening Emergencies or Emergencies that need 24/7 care and specialist intervention. Animal Urgent Care is for emergencies that need immediate assistance but are of a nature that allow out-patient emergency treatment. .Corneal injury that needs an Urgent Care Examination Benefits of URGENT CARE: • Get treated Silver Sands Urgent Care Service and most other Animal Urgent Care Centers are experienced in treating minor emergencies and are designed to promptly treat minor medical conditions before they become life-threatening. Life-threatening emergencies should always be directed to the ER. • Shorter wait times Waiting is reduced at most Urgent Care Centers because the problems are non-life threatening.. At Silver Sands Veterina...

The Silver Sands Veterinary Network Milford Veterinary Hospital-Our General on-site Companion Animal Practice Silver Sands Veterinary Urgent Care     House Calls for Pets     The New England and NY Animal Dentistry Health Services/Centers for Oral Care www.SlverSandsVeterinary.blogspot.com Donald H. DeForge, VMD-Fellow of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry Cold Weather Tips for the Pet You Love For The Pets You Love Winter is just a few week away.....Fall has passed so quickly.  Cold weather brings great fun for kids and pets outdoors! With all of this fun comes problems if simple concepts of Winter safety are not followed. Two problems faced by veterinarians each year during the "cold sub-freezing" days of Winter are hypothermia-[low body temperature that can lead to shock]-and frostbite. Hypothermia can set in very quickly in old and debilitated animals left outdoors for just a few moments in frigid temperatures with strong wi...