The Practice Guide To Vaccination.

 

Whilst we endeavour to provide the best possible care for our patients, we also expect their owners to fulfill their commitment to good pet ownership. In particular, we try to arrange for the following:

Cats:

  • 1. Each kitten is presented for the initial vaccination at 9 weeks of age or very soon afterwards. At this first checkover, we routinely check the patient with a blood screening test to ensure that he / she is free from the infection of feline viral leukemia (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). This blood screening is included free of charge as part of the initial vaccination course. If the kitten is free from infection, then we routinely vaccinate against feline viral leukemia, feline enteritis and cat flu. The patient is also dewormed and after the second part of the vaccination, a six month course of flea treatment is also included within the package. If the cat is healthy and is between 9 and 16 weeks of age, we also provide a free month's Pet Plan Insurance, courtesy of Pet Plan.
  • We strongly advise that all cats are routinely vaccinated every year and are dewormed twice yearly, as well as receiving continual treatment for the prevention of flea and tick infestation. To this end, we ask each client to bring their cat along 6 months after each annual vaccination so that we can have a quick checkover - for which there is no charge - whilst we deworm and sort out parasite control.

Dogs:

  • Puppies should start their vaccinations when they are 8 weeks of age or after and just as with kittens, we provide a package for the first set of vaccinations. In this package is included a microchip, a full double vaccination against distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis and parvovirus, as well as some components of the "kennel cough syndrome". Puppies are dewormed a number of times and as with the kittens, we include a tsix month's flea control and a month's free Pet Plan Insurance, courtesy of Pet Plan.
  • We like to see each dog every six months and like our feline patients, we check them through - free of charge - when we deworm and sort out parasite control.

Rabbits:

  • Rabbits should always be vaccinated against myxomatosis every year and like cats and dogs, we always advise that they are insured against accident or disease. We also provide vaccination against rabbit viral haemorrhagic disease for those clients wishing for this to be done.
  • Many rabbits carry a parasite called Encephalitozoon caniculi which can rest in serious ilness and even death. We advise that all rabbits are given Panacur rabbit at least twice yearly. Each treatment consists of a 9 day course of oral medicine.

The Roger W Baker Veterinary Group has been providing the facilities for the Pet Travel Scheme ever since its inception. Roger Baker played a major role, along with others, in bringing about the abolition of quarantine for pets entering the UK from rabies free and EU countries and the CAWG report prepared by Roger in 1996 described the basis of the Pet Travel Scheme as we see it today.

The essence of our philosophy is that the well being of a pet is a joint venture between the pet owner and the veterinary surgeon. We expect our clients to provide a good home, to keep the vaccinations up to date, to microchip and to insure their pets. We in return try to provide the best facilities of veterinary care should anything go wrong.


 
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