We're excited to offer our clients the convenience of ordering their pet's medications and nutrition through our new on-line pharmacy with delivery directly to your home. You can be assured that all of your medications ordered here are the same manufacturers and guarantee's as we offer from our in-hospital pharmacy. Our veterinarians must approve prescription requests and pets needs to be a current patient of our hospital. We welcome you to click on the "Home Delivery" banner below to enroll your pet(s) and begin shopping!

Canine Influenza Information

With much discussion about human influenze (flu) it is interesting to note that there exists a canine influenza virus also. It is not transmissible to humans, but there seems to be a fair amount of confusion as to whether one should vaccinate one's dog for this problem or not. Currently we are recommending you wait on this. Please read our position on this current topic in preventive medicine... (Download - 88Kb - )

2011 Preventive Health Program for Dogs

CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADULT DOGS:

Current Recommendations:

• Annual Physical Examination and Health Consultation
• Vaccinations
  • Rabies (every 3 years for adult dogs)
  • Distemper-Hepatitis-Parvo (every 3 years for adult dogs)
  • Bordetella (kennel cough) Required by dog parks, dog beaches, daycare and boarding facilities (requirements vary from yearly to every 6 months)
  • Leptospirosis (yearly and recommended especially for the same group of dogs that get the Bordetella vaccination)
• Fecal Examination for intestinal parasites (required by dog parks, dog beaches and many daycare facilities) is recommended annually.
• Heartworm Screening is recommended annually.
• Heartworm and Intestinal Parasite Prevention
  • If your dog frequents dog parks, dog beaches, daycare and/or boarding facilities, there may be an increased risk of exposure to a wider variety of intestinal parasites
  • If you have young children, potential exposure to parasite eggs in dog feces in your yard exists and some intestinal parasites of dogs can infect people
  • If your dog has ever had whipworms
  • If you travel often with your dog to places outside your neighborhood

We recommend using the heartworm preventive Interceptor monthly year round for heartworm and intestinal parasites prevention... the year round recommendation is new and based on a longer season of exposure to intestinal parasites than just heartworms

If your dog does not fit the above risk factors, either Interceptor or HeartGard Plus seasonally (June to December) as we have done in the past is adequate.

• Fleas and Ticks
  • Ticks: Springtime (March, April, May, and June) is when we see ticks and prevention with FrontLine Plus monthly is effective
  • Fleas: Summer and Fall (June to November) until a hard freeze is when we see fleas and Prevention with FrontLine Plus or Advantage monthly is effective
    • To make it simple, FrontLine Plus monthly from March to November covers fleas and ticks in our area.

You can also view our wellness fee schedule here.

2011 Preventive Health Program for Cats

CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Annual Physical Examination and Health Consultation
• Vaccinations
  • Purevax (feline only) Rabies (yearly)... Cook County legal requirement
  • Feline upper respiratory and distemper (every 3 years for adult cats)
  • Feline Leukemia (yearly if outdoor cat)
• Fecal Examination for intestinal parasites is recommended annually for those cats that go outdoors
• Heartworm prevention; intestinal parasite prevention and external parasite prevention should be considered in all outdoor cats
  • Revolution applied monthly from May until November is recommended
• In cats over 8 years old, twice yearly complete examination is recommended. Laboratory screening may be suggested based on the results of the examination and owner preferences (e.g. to establish a "baseline" for future monitoring)

2012 Dog Beach and Dog Park Information

Current information on requirements for beach and park passes.

We encourage you to print out this form before your visit to facilitate your documentation for the dog beach

Watch this heartwarming video of dogs enjoying time at the beach.

Current Information on MRSA

Maybe you have heard about MRSA and maybe you haven't. If interested, please take a look at current information about this problem and how it relates to you and your pet. Download - 48k -

Toxicity in Pets
Seasonal Plant Toxicity: Visit this website (.pdf file) for current and timely information about these common questions.

Poisoning in Pets: For more information and for general information about treatment and prevention of animal poisonings you may contact on line the ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center. You might want to bookmark this page. For immediate poison information you can call 1-888-4ani-help.

Chocolate Toxicity in dogs. This seems to be a question we are frequently asked. Visit this informative website for more information.


Featured Sites
Dental Care Sites: Visit C.E.T.'s home dental care site, as well as Hill's Pet Nutrition's dental site for up to date information on dental care for your pet.

Traveling with Pets: For those of you who are planning to travel abroad with your pet, you must visit the USDA website for information about health requirements for the country you are visiting.

Pet Health Insurance: Bramer Animal Hospital Ltd. does not endorse any pet health insurance company. We feel that pet health insurance is appropriate for many clients and patients and encourage you to make comparisons between the companies and their products.

For more recommended sites, check out our Favorite Links page.

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