The overwhelming answer is absolutely yes! Bacteria can accumulate in the mouth transmitting harmful bacterial to your pet’s internal organs. This bacterial can limit the lifespan of your pet.
Vaccination
Nutritional Counseling
Southwest Louisiana Veterinary Clinic, AVMC is a mixed animal practice. Small, large, even exotic animals are welcome. Nutritional counseling, sound basic preventative medicine and warm, compassionate service helps us to reach our goal of providing quality care for your pet.
One of the biggest advances of the years is how veterinarians deal with your pet’s dental issues. Years ago, doctors simply cleaned your pet’s healthy teeth and extracted any bad ones. Southwest Louisiana Veterinary Clinic has the equipment and procedures that enable us to preserve many of those teeth that previously had to be extracted. This allows us to keep your pet’s mouth healthy and pain free. Dental disease is an increasing concern in veterinary medicine. Some animals may have significant tartar and gingivitis at 2-3 years of age. If left untreated, dental disease can contribute to heart disease, liver disease, and kidney disease, potentially shortening your pet's life as much as two years. Yearly dental exams and cleanings may increase the life-span of your pet tremendously. We offer a variety of products and services to improve your pet’s dental health. Schedule a dental examination and cleaning with us today
Southwest Louisiana Veterinary Clinic provides routine and emergency large animal medical services both at our hospital and in the field. We are equipped to handle almost any large animal emergency (e.g. colic/laceration repair/calf delivery). We also perform routine procedures such as vaccinations, Coggins testing, pregnancy exams, equine dentistry, x-ray, ultrasound, and overall herd health. By allowing the veterinarian to come to your farm we are able to provide the care your stock needs where you need it when you need it.
Southwest Louisiana Veterinary Clinic offers the most advanced surgical techniques and technology. All patients are carefully screened for safety, and anesthetics are specifically tailored to your pet. Surgical services and facilities include: three experienced doctors capable of large and small animal surgery; fully trained veterinary and technical staff, to ensure the safest, most efficient, state-of-the-art procedures for your pet; heated surgery tables for greater comfort; advanced sterilization techniques; ECG and oxygen saturation monitors; intensive after surgery care and full blood testing.
In-clinic diagnostics are a vital part of care offered at Southwest Louisiana Veterinary Clinic. Our clinic has the most innovative blood chemistry and complete blood count analyzers available in veterinary medicine. Blood chemistry tests can tell our doctors what your pet cannot. Liver and kidney function can be evaluated for underlying diseases. Complete blood counts can inform our doctors of possible anemia, cancer, urinalysis and are an excellent indicator of the overall health of your pet. Your pet’s blood work can be completed in 15-20 minutes giving our veterinarians the ability to make many diagnoses on the spot.
We also offer compounding and flavoring of medications. Our vast boarding service has opened the door for the need to expand our kennel space, a plan that will be put into motion in the near future.
Senior Pet Care
Each individual procedure will vary from pet to pet and condition to condition. As with humans, the older the individual the more precaution needs to be taken. Typically a physical examination, review of the patients' medical history and blood work are recommended with older patients. These precautions will make a procedure as safe as possible with a senior pet.