We will be closed starting Monday December 23 till January 2nd, so please don't forget to order and pick up medications and to stock up on food for the fur-babies!
We will be all recharged and "chomping at the bit" on Thursday January 2nd when we open again at 9:00am.
Please Welcome Toni, RVT to Your Pet Care Team!
Toni is passionate about animals, travel, and the outdoors. She graduated with a Veterinary Technician Diploma in 2011 after completing a Business Administration Diploma in 2001 from Seneca College in Toronto, Ontario.
Toni started her career in first-line veterinary practice and spent many years in emergency and referral hospitals with experience in the ICU and surgical oncology.
She spends most of her spare time exploring new places or in her happy place at the cabin with her husband and fur-kids enjoying the great outdoors. Rescue animals will steal Toni’s heart and tend to find their fur-ever home with her.
Welcome to the team Toni; we are excited to have you join us!!
Eastern Equine Encephalitis(EEE) Confirmed in Sundridge Area!
Our hospital received confirmation Friday evening that a horse in the Sundridge area tested positive for EEE.
Equine encephalitis viruses—Eastern, Western, and West Nile virus are spread by infected mosquitos and can cause severe brain inflammation in horses and donkeys.
Horses are a dead-end host for EEEV and, therefore, cannot transmit the virus to humans or other animals. Birds are the natural hosts for EEEV which is transmitted to horses and, in rare cases, to humans by mosquitoes which have bitten an infected bird.
Observable signs can include impaired vision, aimless wandering, head pressing, circling, inability to swallow, irregular gait, weakness and paralysis, convulsions, and death. Many horses have a fever.
Vaccination is an effective way to prevent Eastern equine encephalomyelitis in horses. In Ontario, horses must be vaccinated annually in the spring before the peak risk season, by early May at the latest. Vaccinated horses will be protected until the first hard frost. If a horse is being vaccinated for the first time, the protection period is calculated from the time it receives its booster.
In the current situation, if a horse has not been vaccinated already, vaccinate as soon as possible and booster in the spring.
Friday, June 7, samples from two Crows in North Bay were confirmed positive for West Nile Virus!
WNV is a serious disease that is transmitted through mosquito bites. For more information click https://www.ontario.ca/page/west-nile-virus-advice-horse-owners#:~:text=WNV%20infection%20in%20horses%20affects,occurs%20in%2025%25%20of%20cases or give us a call at 705-384-0400.
There are vaccines approved for use in horses; they have been widely tested and are safe to use.
WNV infection in horses affects the central nervous system. Symptoms range from listlessness, trembling, depression, loss of appetite, stumbling and in-coordination, weakness, head tilting and partial paralysis, to convulsions and even death. Fever occurs in 25% of cases. These symptoms can appear very rapidly and are similar to other nervous system diseases including rabies and equine encephalitis. Up to one-third of all horses showing clinical signs of WNV will die.
Hi Everyone,
We just received notice that CN will need to extend the road closure until Thursday May 9, so please arrive at the clinic from the highway 124 side.
Road Closure Notice!
Monday May 6, CN Rail will close a portion of John Street for Maintenance. The clinic will be accessible from the Highway 124 access to John Street.
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Did you know...
Blacklegged ticks (the ones that can transmit the Lyme disease
bacteria) can survive freezing temperatures? One way is that they
create their own “anti-freeze” that helps them tolerate the cold!
However, a new study showed that when they are infected with
certain bacteria, like the one that causes Lyme disease, they may be
even BETTER at surviving our cold winters!
Call us to discuss the best tick control options for your pet.
#yourvetknowsticks #ntam #fitterbetterfasterstrongerticks
Veterinary Information Network
Your veterinarian has been a member of VIN (Veterinary Information Network), and that is important for your too!
Our hospital will be closed on Friday December 22, and we open again on Tuesday January 2nd
Please don't forget, tomorrow will be the last day to pick up medication and food for your pet(s)
If we have to order anything for you, our last order will go in today at 2:00pm, so we can received it just in time tomorrow!
Merry Christmas to all "our" pets and pet parents!
Christmas is coming!!
With the snow gone it's easy to forget that the holidays are around the corner!
Please keep in mind, if you need to stock up on pet food, Wednesday is the last day to pick up food at the clinic, and webstore deliveries can not be guarantied between Christmas and the New Year.
Just give us a call and we'll get it ready for you:)
