Lyme disease and ticks are on the rise in Canada. Make sure your pet is on tick prevention all year-round to protect them against ticks that carrier Lyme disease. In addition, you can also protect against Lyme disease with vaccination.
Other steps to take when protecting your pet from Lyme:
-Avoid cut grass, remove leaf litter and keep your dog away from high-risk areas
-Inspect your pet and your family for ticks
- Correctly remove ticks using a tick remover or fine pointed tweezers, and keep it for tick identification. If you are uncomfortable about removing ticks, contact your veterinarian
For more information see the links below:
https://www.zoetispetcare.com/blog/article/dog-risk-lyme-disease
https://www2.zoetis.ca/species/companion-animals/dogs/lyme/
Letpospirosis, also known as lepto, is a zoonotic disease! This means that you can also catch it as well! Urban, suburban, and rural dogs can get lepto particularly in the Fall months. Both wildlife and domestics animals act as reservoirs of Leptospira and can shed bacteria in urine that contaminates the environment.
It is hard to stop our pets from drinking out of unknown contaminated puddles! But it is easier to vaccinate to prevent leptospirosis in our pets!
For more information see below:
https://www.cdc.gov/leptospirosis/pets/index.html
Let's start immunization awareness month by talking about rabies! Rabies is mandatory by law. It is a fatal disease and it preventable by vaccination. Last year there was 49 cases of Rabies (bat strain) in Ontario and 4 of them in Toronto.
More information regarding rabies in pets:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/rabies-pets
It has been an exciting week at St Clair Vets! July 22nd was AAHA Day and it was also Dr Hannah's birthday! Here she is showing how exactly you should "blow out the candles" in Covid times 🤣🎉 Happy birthday to Dr Hannah!!
St. Clair Veterinary Virtual Tour on AAHA Day!
Every July 22nd, AAHA-accredited veterinary hospitals open their doors for an open house. People can come and see the difference high standards make in the care of their pets. Only 12% - 15% of North American veterinary clinics are AAHA-accredited. Come in and find out why!
Twiggy is enjoying her new view of outside! "Where did the pigeon go???"
Look at this smarty pants! Deisel will show off his "sit" anytime for a little treat!
Remember the kitten St Clair Veterinary rescued from the city garbage can??!! It has been 4 years since we found little Hope as a frail, hypothermic 4 week old kitten, drenched in freezing cold coffee. She was clinging to life, and we all swept in to warm her and stabilize her. For weeks she had to be bottle fed and cleaned every few hours and staff members rotated the nightly duties.
When she was strong and old enough, she was adopted by two amazing women. Four years later, she is doing great and is a wonderful loving cat. She fits right in with the family, and loves to cuddle with their baby son. We love you Hope! aka Dakia!
