Disease Prevention & Maintenance of Good Health

We aim to keep our pets in good health and enable them to enjoy a good quality of life for as long as possible. Our staff are always willing to explain the various products that are available for the treatment and prevention of flea and worm infestations.

It is our usual procedure to conduct a health check at the same time as the annual booster vaccinations.

This often enables us to advise you of any

actual or impending health problems.

It is a good time for you to bring in a fresh urine sample which can be used to screen older dogs and cats for underlying disease processes that may not be outwardly apparent.

Vaccinations

There are a number of serious infectious diseases which can be controlled by vaccination. A primary course of usually two injections is given to puppies and kittens and their immunity is maintained by booster vaccinations given annually. Protection is not only required for boarding animals.

Pets can readily pick up potentially fatal infectious diseases by direct contact with other dogs, cats or foxes, or indirectly from urine or excrement.

Dogs are vaccinated against canine distemper, parvovirus, hepatitis, l

leptospirosis, para-influenza and coronavirus. It is also recommended that dogs going into boarding kennels should be given an

intranasal vaccine to give further protection from infectious bronchitis (so called kennel cough). This condition can cause serious complications in a proportion of dogs. Cats are vaccinated routinely against flu and enteritis. We also vaccinate against feline leukaemia, (a disease spread by bites and scratches from non-vaccinated and feral cats), and chlamydia.

We are able to vaccinate dogs and cats against rabies,

where required for export or the Pet Travel Scheme.

It is also advisable to vaccinate rabbits yearly against viral haemorrhagic disease and six monthly against myxomatosis as Sussex is a high risk area.