Services

Grooming

Grooming services are also provided by Deb's Pet Salon to meet your pet care needs. Our groomer Debbie has been with the Greenbank Animal Hospital for over 30 years. She offers weekday and Saturday appointments. You can reach her directly to book an appointment at 613-692-3207

Pet Nutrition

Proper nutrition is an important aspect of your pet's medical management. We offer veterinary quality pet food to ensure proper nutrition for the long term health of your pet. We can tailor a diet to meet your pet's needs not only during growth and adulthood maintenance, but also to help control specific problems. Nutritional therapy can help slow the progress of serious heart, kidney and joint disease as well as control some urinary and intestinal problems. Consult with us for a nutritional recommendation to help maintain the long term health of your pet.

Hospitalization

We offer critical care for patients requiring a higher level of medical management such in intravenous fluids and antibiotic therapy. However, we do not provide 24 hour monitoring (staff are not on site after office hours). For our patients that do require 24 hour monitoring we recommend transfer to our overnight emergency clinic, the Ottawa Animal Emergency and Specialty Hospital on Lola Avenue http://animalemergencyspecialty.ca/

Laboratory Work

We have in house testing available to meet emergency needs for results within hours. We also work with several commercial laboratories to provide services such as non-emergency blood testing, veterinary consultation, pathology, and microbiology.

Surgery

We offer routine surgeries such as spays and neuters, but also other types of surgeries such as general tumour removal, digit amputations, cherry eye repair, enucleation, exploratory surgery and gastrotomy/enterotomy for removal of foreign objects, and intestinal resection and anastamosis. We are lucky to have several specialty clinics in the Ottawa area that we can refer our patients to for advanced orthopedic surgeries.

Chronic Medication

Any animal receiving medication on a long term basis needs to have more frequent examinations and routine blood screening. This helps us to monitor the efficacy of your pets medication and to assess for potentially harmful side effects. In addition, many of the diseases are not static in that your pets' needs can and often do change. The required dosage of medication may change as your pet ages. Other diseases such as dental disease, urinary infection or hormonal diseases may also impact the dosage of medication needed to treat the primary disease. For example, dental disease and urinary tract infection can increase the required dosage of insulin needed by a diabetic pet. By addressing the other problems, we can help better control the primary disease which in turn will increase both the life span and quality of life. For this reason, frequent examinations are critical to maintain the long term health of your pet.

Vaccinations

To protect your companion from contagious diseases a vaccination program will be set up to meet your pet's individual life style needs. Individual risk assessment is an important part of your pet's annual exam. For instance indoor cats have different exposure risks than do outdoor cats and, therefore, should have a different vaccine program. At your pet's annual exam the veterinarian will ask a series of questions to help define your pet's life style and which diseases pose a risk to your pet's health. Many of these often devastating diseases are easily spread and do not need direct animal to animal contact. Your pet's best protection is prevention through vaccination.

Dentistry

Complete ultrasonic scaling and cleaning both above and below the gum line are provided for good oral hygiene and the long term health of your pet. Just like us, our pets get dental tartar buildup and periodontal disease. Untreated tooth and gum disease is not only painful for your pet, but also allows bacteria to enter the bloodstream. This can lead to damage to the heart, lungs, persistent urinary infections or other organ damage shortening the life of your pet. Remember, dental disease is not static! It only gets worse with time when not properly addressed. You are your pet's best defense against dental disease. Daily brushing and periodic dental cleaning by your veterinarian will help keep your pet's teeth clean and healthy.

At our clinic we also have digital dental radiography to assist us in the diagnosis and treatment of dental disease. This imaging helps us to find serious disease below the gumline that is not visible with visual inspection.

Wellness Testing

Early detection of disease is the best means of changing its course. Blood work and radiographs (x-rays) are recommended, especially for geriatric patients, to help find hidden problems. The blood work can screen for problems of the thyroid gland, liver, pancreas and kidneys as well as diabetes and blood disorders such as anemia and leukemia. Radiographs of the chest and abdomen can provide additional information about underlying heart problems, bladder stones, cancer, etc. Early detection allows an appropriate course of action in order to slow the progress of the disease and any secondary complications.

Examinations

Full physical examinations, risk assessment and discussion of any health problems your pet may have are always offered by appointment with one of our veterinarians. Our pets age much more rapidly than we do with a life span of only 10 to 20 years. For this reason, examination of each pet on annual basis is very important. This is the opportunity to keep a check on subtle problems such as weight control, dental disease and arthritis. It is also the perfect time to discuss any concerns that you may have such as behaviour changes that may be an indication of more serious underlying issues such diabetes, urinary stones, or chronic kidney disease to name just a few.

As our pets become geriatric (around 8 years of age), the physical examination becomes even more important. At this point, pets should have a complete physical examination every 6 months to keep abreast of subtle changes which are often indicative of more serious problems. Early detection is important since the course of many of the diseases can be changed either through diet or medication. Thus, early detection can extend your pet's life as well as improve the quality of life.