Wellness Exams
The key to giving your pet the optimum level of care is realizing they’re not just pets;
they’re individuals and they need to be treated as such.
Most healthy animals require annual wellness exams,
although as your pet ages it may benefit from twice yearly wellness exams.
Our care is based on life stage (young, adult, or senior), lifestyle
(i.e. How much time the pet is indoors or outdoors, amount of contact with other animals, level of exercise, etc.),
and risk of exposure to infectious diseases, which often hinges on environment.
Through regular wellness exams, a customized health program can be set up for you and your pet.
Our wellness examination includes a general analysis of your pet's physical condition
including skin,ears, eyes, heart, lungs, teeth, weight, and overall appearance.

Vaccinations
Vaccination is an important part of your pet's good health. Since every pet's lifestyle is different,
what your pet needs will be based on legal requirements, risk of exposure, and your concerns.

Pharmacy
For your pet's safety, the shortest delay in starting treatment, and your convenience,
we provide most medications via our office pharmacy.

Laboratory
We provide a full range of in-hospital diagnostic testing.
Our blood chemistry analyzer enables us to evaluate your pet's internal organ and thyroid function.
We often have results to you in the same day.
We utilize diagnostic laboratories for specialty tests that we are unable to run in our laboratory.

Radiology
Our on-site x-ray equipment allows us to utilize x-rays as an aid in diagnosing many disorders.
Equipped with a high quality x-ray machine and automatic processor,
we are able to take radiographs of your pet and have them available within minutes.

Ultrasound
A diagnostic tool for non-invasive, non-painful scanning of the body systems.
This tool allows us to evaluate the architecture of internal organs including the liver, kidney, spleen, gallbladder,
urinarybladder, prostate as well as evaluation of the heart and heart functions (echocardiography).
Many organs that are difficult to see on plain film radiographs (prostate) can be easily seen with ultrasound.
Ultrasound scanning has been used to diagnose many disease processes in small animals.
The typical ultrasound examination requires no tranquilization or anesthesia and is easily performed on awake animals.
Prior fasting or water withholding is not required.

Anesthesia
We take pride in our individualized anesthetic protocols, tailored to your pet's specific medical needs.
We maintain a balanced anesthesia, offering pain control with the anesthetic medications.
Your pet's safety and well-being is of utmost importance to us.
We utilize the safest anesthetic drugs and protocols.

Surgery
All our surgeries are performed utilizing gas anesthesia.
Our surgical packs and instruments are completely sterilized prior to every surgery and a new pack is used in every patient. We also maintain sterile technique by scrubbing our hands and utilizing donning masks and sterile gloves.
We are strong advocates of prevention and management of pain and we use a wide range of agents
and techniques to provide pain relief for our patients.

Our surgical monitoring equipment is used on every surgery.
It provides information on blood pressure, heart rate, ECG, ocygen saturation and body temperature.

Hospital Care
When hospitalized care is needed,
every effort is made to make our patients as comfortable as possible while they are with us.
Comfortable and warm recovery accommodations, gentle human interactions,
and specialized nutrition are a few of the ways that we give special care to your pet.
When approved by your pet's veterinarian, in-hospital visitation can be arranged so your family
can aid in the recovery of your pet. We believe that family support helps greatly during the recovery process.
Our team members understand that their positive attitudes can make all the difference when a patient is recovering.
All of our team members take pride in being a part of the recovery process of your pet.

Emergency Service
We pride ourself on providing you and your pet state-of-the-art emergency,
critical and intensive care medicine and surgery.
Each patient presenting on emergency will be thoroughly examined
to determine if there are any life-threatening conditions present.
As detailed an assessment as possible will be provided to the pet owner or agent
as to the patient’s condition and initial proposed management plan.
If necessary, the patient will then be stabilized to prevent further condition compromise or progression;
this may include placing intravenous (IV) catheters, administering IV fluids, blood or plasma transfusions,
pain medications and/or sedatives/tranquilizers, other specific medications, and oxygen therapy.
The hospital is equipped with an in-house laboratory that provides rapid turn-around of results
of blood tests and other fluids, and also has on-site high quality diagnostic imaging (radiology and ultrasound).

Conditions or events requiring emergency treatment may include but are
not limited to any of the following.
Lacerations
Limping
Vomiting or Diarrhea
Bleeding
Seizures
Insect or Reptile Bites
Listlessness
Eye Injuries
Bite Wounds
Bloating
Poison Ingestion
Bone Fractures
Heart Disease
Blunt Trauma
Birthing Difficulties
Diabetic Crises
Heart Disease
Foreign Object Ingestion
Gun Shot Wounds
Pain or Discomfort
End of Life Considerations
We are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Please call us at 785-243-7400 for your emergency needs.

Dental Care
Dental health is extremely important in animals.
Proper dental care of your pet can increase your pet's quality of life by giving him/her four more good years.
Bacteria from the teeth and gums will enter the bloodstream of your pet
and can then cause internal infections of the lungs, kidneys, heart, and liver.
This bacteria can also affect your pet's nervous system.
These infections are usually treatable when caught early
but can still cause serious damage to the affected organs even if caught early.
If left untreated the bacteria can lead to death.
It is for this reason that as part of your pet's normal wellness exam,
the veterinarian may prescribe additional dental care for your pet.
Just as humans need a tooth cleaning once or twice a year for a healthy mouth, Fluffy does too.
Our dental cleaning involves ultrasonic dental scaling on the tooth surface and under the gum line
and polishing to make the surface of the tooth smooth.

Microchip
We offer the Home Again Microchip Pet Recovery System.
We are proud to be the first clinic in Concordia to have a universal scanner
capable of identifying any chip your pet may have previously received.
Please ask us about implanting a chip in your pet today!
The process is the same as receiving a shot
and your pet will be added to a national database for recovery, in the event they become lost.
Click on the link below to find out more information.

Give the Gift of a Secure Life to your pet today!!!

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Home Again has added a New Program that makes this microchip even more valuable.
They are adding a Lost Pet Insurance of $3000 with a $50 deductible.
Home Again charges an annal fee of $14.99 for the active recovery.

Call today to schedule an appointment to have your loved one microchipped!

Retail Center
Check out the Retail Center to see what products we have available for your small animal needs.

DOGS RECEIVE:
- Annual wellness exams
- Biannual wellness exams for senior dogs to ensure early detection and treatment of organ failure and disease.
- Distemper Vaccination every year in adult dogs
- Bordetella Vaccination every year in adult dogs and an initial vaccination and a booster as a puppy.
- Rabies Vaccination every 3 years (required by law)
- Lyme Vaccination if necessary for travel
- Leptospirosis Vaccination for dogs that come in contact with wildlife, especially squirrels, chipmunks, mice, voles, etc.
- Annual Heartworm testing and monthly year-round heartworm preventative (Heartguard Plus)
- Annual fecal testing to prevent potentially harmful parasites that can be contagious to humans, especially children
- Flea and tick prevention
- Annual blood screens for early disease detection

CATS RECEIVE:
- Annual wellness exam
- Biannual wellness exam for senior cats
- Leukemia and FIV testing
- Annual Feline Distemper Vaccine
- Rabies Vaccination every 3 years (required by law)
- Annual Leukemia Vaccination for outdoor cats due to the high incidence of leukemia virus in the stray cat population
- Annual blood screening for early detection of disease and organ failure
- Thyroid blood screening for cats over 6 years of age
- Annual fecal testing to detect potentially harmful parasites that may be transmitted to humans
- Outdoor cats are dewormed every 6 months due to ingestion of birds and small animals that most likely contain parasites
- Flea and tick prevention