Blood work and your pet
Understanding your pet’s test results Blood testing can frequently detect illness in your pet before we see any outward signs of disease. Testing gives us immediate insights that we might …
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Understanding Your Pet’s Diagnostic Testing
Blood Chemistries These common blood tests allow veterinarians to assess your pet’s overall health. Blood tests are often recommended in healthy pets, in pets about to undergo anesthesia and …
Ward Animal Hospital’s position on online pharmacies
Because of the advertisements for mail order medication pharmacies such as PetMeds. We want to clarify our position on these products. We have an online pharmacy that has competitive …
Equine Infectious Anemia
By Tim Cordes, DVM and Charles Issel, DVM, PhD Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is a potentially fatal blood-borne infectious viral disease that produces a persistent infection among equids nearly …
Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) or Coggins
Equine infectious anemia is a viral disease that affects the horses’ immune system. It is transmitted via blood-sucking insects; flys and mosquitos. The virus actually reproduces bad blood cells …
Heartworm Guidelines
The Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) has altered guidelines after evidence of preventive-resistant Diofilaria immitis strains was presented at the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists Conference at the end …
Fecals on Horses
We do intestinal parasite screens (fecal) here at the clinic. We do parasite and sand test to see if the horse needs to be dewormed. The sand test is …
Equine Nutritional Consultation
Monday afternoons from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Jim Ward, D.V.M. will be available at Ward Animal Hospital for equine nutritional consultations. Come by and talk to him, give …
How to change your pets’ food without upsetting their stomach
This is a simple chart to follow so that the new food does not upset your fur kids tummy.
Internal Equine Parasites
Internal parasites, or worms, may cause extensive damage to the gastrointestinal tract of your horse. Effects of parasites may appear externally as; dull hair coat, depression, loss of body …