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Camrose Veterinary Hospital

We are a mixed animal practice in Camrose, Alberta that has been taking care of our clients animals since 1976.
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Our goal is to provide high quality, compassionate animal care throughout the life of your animal with an emphasis on client education.

11/10/2024

We are now closed for the Remembrance Day Long Weekend. As always, we have a veterinarian available for animal emergencies, please call 780-672-3171 and follow the prompts to speak with Dr. Whiting. Emergency fees apply.
Lest We Forget.

11/07/2024

Dr. Marissa rescued this chunky lady earlier in the year, when Marshmallow came into her new family, she was 42lbs! Marshie struggled to walk from room to room, and needed frequent rest breaks to catch her breath. She also had an inflamed gall bladder, which Dr. Marissa treated with anti-inflammatories. With a strict diet plan, slow and frequent exercise and monthly Librela injections, Marshmallow has lost half of her body weight in only 6 months. She is now a very active dog, who loves to run around the farm with her doggy friends.
This girl is the definition of a hot girl summer with the glow up of the year!!

11/05/2024

And the winner of our pumpkin carving contest issss...... Dr. Jamie!!
He was adamant that he would not do the hand pose himself, so our staff gave him a 'hand' today!! 😆❤

11/04/2024

Remembrance day is coming up next week! Here is a reminder of our holiday hours. Don't forget to pick up food, medication and treats for your pets before we are closed on the 11th.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from the ghouls and ghosts here at the Camrose Vet Hospital! Don't forget to vote on our pumpkin carving creations! The winner will be announced in November!

10/30/2024

Here we go again, our annual Halloween pumpkin carving contest! CVH staff spent Monday carving pumpkins after work. Vote for your favorite by liking or commenting on the photos, and we will announce the winning carver next week! Can you guess who carved what?

10/29/2024

Halloween and its traditions can be very scary for pets, as strangers coming to their homes and making loud noises, dressed as big scary creatures, with children yelling and laughing, can all be quite overwhelming. Cats have a very hard time with this, as well as dogs who prefer to live the quiet life. This Halloween, make things a little nicer for your furry friend by setting them up in a safe, quiet room of your home with closed doors and windows, away from the Trick or Treat Chaos! Enjoying a sweet treat? No need to share! A lot of sweets contain toxic substances such as coco and chocolate, xylitol or birch sugar, and even raisins.

10/28/2024

Ainsley grew up with horses and loves to spend her free time with them. Did you know? RVTs play a huge role in completing the communication circle between pet owners and their veterinarians. While the veterinarian may make a plan with you and your pet, the RVT is helping the vet to complete the treatments, enter medical records and keeping up with billing activities. Once the pet is ready to go home, the RVT takes a step forward in communication, by discharging patients to owners, explaining and discussing prescribed medications, and educating owners how best to move forward with their pets and their future treatments. Not sure how a drug is working to help your pet? Ask your RVT! Not sure if they can eat certain foods while dealing with ailments? Ask your RVT! Our vets are busy folks, with over 20 patients in a day, our RVTs are here to help them by filling in and answering these questions with ease.

10/24/2024

Shasta is another one of our part time RVT team members! While she may only be here a few days of the week, she sure makes a positive impression on every human and animal she meets. Did you know? Animal dentistry is very much an RVT undertaking! When your pet requires a dental procedure, the RVT on their case makes their anesthetic protocol, is responsible for acquiring and administering the appropriate drugs, inducing anesthesia, placing an endotracheal tube and securing it in the airway of your pet, as well as maintaining the anesthesia of your pet. While the pet is under anesthetic, another RVT is taking dental radiographs - x-rays of the entire mouth and all the teeth. Dogs have 42 teeth to x-ray, most of our RVTs are so skilled they can capture a full mouth of teeth in only 12 radiographs. While the veterinarian is examining the x-rays, the RVT is using an ultrasonic scaler to clean the teeth of tarter and plaque, using hand tools to scale and curette the teeth, polishing and applying fluoride. They then work as a team to recover your pet from anesthesia and keep them comfortable through the day. Our dental patients are sent home with comprehensive handouts outlining the procedures performed on their pet that day, so between cuddles and reassurance, our RVTs are creating those handouts, completing the medical records and completing billing information.

10/21/2024

Vicky loves the laboratory, looking through the lenses of the microscope to analyze everything from blood, f***s and urine to cytology from lumps, bumps and tumors!
Did you know? RVTs can specialize in certain fields of veterinary medicine! A Veterinary Technician Specialty (VTS) is an RVT who has received recognition of specialization in a specific area of veterinary medicine. These folks have completed formal and rigorous processes of education, training, experience and testing, which can take 3-5 years to achieve. There are only a few fields that RVTs can specialize in: 1) Emergency and Critical Care, 2) Dental, 3) Internal Medicine, 4) Anesthesia and Analgesia, 5) Zoological Medicine, 6) Clinical Practice, 7) Clinical Pathology, 8) Nutrition, 9) Surgery, 10) Behavior, 11) Equine Nursing.

10/18/2024

Did you know that North American Porcupines mate in the late fall?

Porcupines begin breeding in late October and continue into November, typically starting at the age of just one or two years old. While Porcupines often lead solitary lives, when females go into heat, males will begin to follow them, serenading them with grunts and hums, romantic hey?

This means that during this time of year, it's important to be vigilant and watch out for porcupines on the move. It's a period when we generally admit quite a few porcupines that have been injured, often due to car accidents, dog attacks, or other mishaps. Remember, Porcupines cannot shoot their quills, that is a myth! Quills only come off from direct contact, like a dogs snoot in their backs!

10/17/2024

Chelsie loves all animals, big and small, but especially her cows. Did you know? RVTs play a vital role in assisting veterinarians with large animal appointments! Whether it be outside on the farm or inside the clinic, RVTs know all the ins and outs of cows, horses, goats, sheep, pigs, alpacas and even llamas! Not only are RVTs taught how to read the body language of these animals and how to work with them, they also need to know specific things about each species. There have been many advancements in the role of RVTs in the large animal veterinary space, with additional courses and training, RVTs can perform artificial insemination, as well as pregnancy test cattle and perform BSEs (under supervision of DVMs)!

10/14/2024

Kayla is so caring, she loves to work with the veterinary team to help get your pet feeling its absolute best again. Did you know? Pets that stay in hospital are not left in kennels unattended all day. Quite often they have intravenous catheters in place, connected to IV fluids and constant rate infusions of medications. RVTs play a vital role in calculating the appropriate drug amounts, as well as being a double check for their veterinarians- not all drugs work well together! While your pet is receiving these treatments, RVTs are responsible for keeping them clean, fed, watered, socialized and walked for bathroom breaks. RVTs also give oral medications, and can place feeding tubes in your animals if they are very critical and not eating on their own. They also make sure your pet never feels alone and that they have someone rooting for them the entire way through their healing journey. Having a hard time with keeping a cone on your pet? Not sure how to give your cat a pill? Ask an RVT, they can give you all the tips and tricks!

10/12/2024

We are now closed for the Thanksgiving Long weekend. As always, we have a veterinarian on call for animal emergencies. Please call 780-672-3171 and follow the prompts to speak with Dr. Whiting. Emergency fees apply.
We will re-open Tuesday, October 15 at 8am.
Wishing our lovely clients and patients a wonderful weekend with family, friends and lots of turkey! Remember, while human food is a nice treat for pets, avoid feeding them bones, high fat products, or foods containing onion or garlic.

10/10/2024

Frances loves a challenge, and recently made the change from a full time RVT with the CVH team to part time. Why is that a challenge? She's joined the team at Guardian Veterinary Center as one of their Emergency/Triage RVTs in her spare time. Did you know? In emergency situations, RVTs can play a vital role in triaging your pet. They can assess the injury, or how truly sick your pet is by listening to their heart and lungs, feeling their pulses, taking their blood pressure and temperatures. They can also access how well your pet is perfusing their blood in their body by looking at their gum color and how quick or slow their capillary refill time is. Those puzzle pieces work together to help solve the mystery of what may be going on with your pet. Emergency medicine can be anything from a broken leg, a laceration, an upset tummy with vomiting or diarrhea, a bee sting or even falling out of a tree!

10/09/2024

What is that Wednesday!
Many of you may have heard of Pancreatitis... but what is it?? Pancreatitis is the inflammation of the pancreas, a small organ that can have big impacts when inflamed! The pancreas is tucked in beside the stomach + liver and helps the body to digest by releasing enzymes, as well as regulating insulin and glucagon, which help animals use the nutrients they broke down with the digestive enzymes. When the pancreas is inflamed (the "itis" in pancreatitis), those powerful enzymes that are normally used to break down food start to attack the pancreas itself and sometimes the surrounding tissues like the liver and stomach. When this happens, toxins are released that can lead to a rampage of destruction and a full body inflammatory response. Pancreatitis can be very painful and life threatening. This condition can be acute, chronic, mild or severe.
What causes pancreatitis? There are a lot of causes, but the typical and classic cause of doggy pancreatitis is a sudden high fat meal, as well as obesity.
What does pancreatitis look like? It can look like all or some combo of the following symptoms: Loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, painful abdomen, fever. Sometimes it can come on suddenly or be an ongoing condition with symptoms that peak and plateau.
How do we know if it is pancreatitis? Blood tests like the Canine Pancreatic Lipase test, or ultrasound can diagnose. After being diagnosed, your pet will need a low fat diet for life to help prevent the disease from flaring up again.
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10/08/2024

Lindsay loves terriers! Here she is with little Winnie while she was in for her spay surgery recently. You better believe that RVT Lindsay was there every step of the way- Holding her paw, applying kisses, and reassuring her she was going to be okay after surgery.
Did you know? RVTs are responsible for making the anesthetic protocol for all surgery patients (per their Vet team member direction), drawing up the appropriate drugs, administering the drugs, placing the IV catheters and running IV fluids at the appropriate rates. They also induce anesthesia, operate anesthetic machines to maintain anesthesia on animals, monitor their patient's heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, temperature and more! After surgery is complete, they laser the surgical site, recover their patient from anesthetic, administer any additional pain medications or vaccines or even microchips. Once their patients are awake and alert, they continue to monitor them throughout the day while completing their anesthetic records, entering billing information and contacting owners to let them know their pet is doing A-OK! And that's just one of the things our amazing RVTs do in a morning!

11/11/2023

We are now closed for the Remembrance Day weekend. We will reopen Monday November 13 at 8am. As always, we have a veterinarian on call for emergency cases. Please call 780-672-3171 and follow the prompts to speak with Dr. Whiting, emergency fees apply. Lest we forget.

Address

4712 41 Street
Camrose, AB
T4V0Z6

Telephone

780.672.3171

Website

http://www.camrosevet.com/, http://twitter.com/CamroseVetHosp

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Happy Halloween from the ghouls and ghosts here at the Camrose Vet Hospital! Don't forget to vote on our pumpkin carving creations! The winner will be announced in November!

It's Tick Season! Don't forget to pick up tick preventative for your pets, as these critters will be crawling until it is consistently -4c again in the fall. We have a variety of preventatives to choose from, don't hesitate to call, text or stop by and chat with our staff to get the best product for your pet!

Maya eats treat in slow motion

Every dog likes treats, Maya LOVES treats.

Anyone have a food thief at home? Here Hemi is hard at work cleaning up food dishes that are left too close to the edge of the cage.

This is a video of ear mites that we found in a cat that came in to the clinic today. Ear mites are the most common external parasite found in cats but the are occasionally found in dogs. They cause dirty itchy ears and are transmitted easily between pets. They are diagnosed by taking a swab from the ear and looking under the microscope (like we did in the video) or by looking in the ear with an otoscope. Please contact the clinic for further information including treatment options.