Wellness Care That Keeps Pets Thriving

We provide personalized exams, vaccines, and preventive care to keep your dog or cat healthy at every age.

At MTCAC, we believe routine wellness and preventive care is the key to longer, healthier, and happier pet lives.

We partner with pet owners to provide individualized, comprehensive wellness services that keep their pets optimally healthy and detect potential problems early. Well and preventative care includes complete questionnaires about nutrition, behavior, exercise, lifestyle, along with thorough physical exams, immunizations, diagnostic tests, and medications or supplements.

Wellness visits

At MTCAC, we recommend annual wellness visits for cats and dogs under 8 yrs of age and semi-annual wellness visits for 9+ years old. This may change based on certain breeds or if chronic health conditions are present. These visits are the cornerstone of your pet’s preventive healthcare plan. Wellness visits are essential because they allow us to establish a health baseline and monitor your pet for changes over time. They also allow for early disease detection, which leads to more effective treatment and better outcomes.

During a wellness visit, our veterinarians conduct a thorough physical and behavioral assessment. You are encouraged to ask questions and raise any concerns you might have, and we’ll discuss recommended screening tests, products or services to keep your pet in optimal condition.

Recommended wellness screening tests provide a comprehensive picture of your pet’s health, and could catch health issues early, often before symptoms appear at home. These recommendations may vary based on their health history, age, and breed.  Our veterinarians may discuss the following tests with you at your pet’s wellness visit:

  • Blood work
  • Urinalysis
  • Parasite screening
  • Canine tick-borne disease screening
  • Feline viral disease screening
  • Blood pressure screening
  • X-rays/Ultrasound
  • Tonometry
  • Blood cancer screening/liquid biopsy

Our veterinarians perform a comprehensive physical exam each time your pet visits. Wellness exams focus on detecting common health issues that may go unnoticed at home, such as dental disease, a heart murmur, or arthritis. We check your pet from nose to tail, including their eyes, ears, mouth, skin, and coat, as well as their cardiovascular, respiratory, and musculoskeletal systems. Our approach is thorough and compassionate, ensuring your pet feels comfortable and cared for during the exam. Physical exams

Vaccinations

Vaccinations are essential for preventing infectious diseases that can cause serious health issues. By vaccinating your pet, you not only protect them but also help control the spread of pet diseases in the community. Our hospital offers a full range of core and non-core vaccines for dogs and cats and will work with you to develop a customized vaccine protocol. We follow the current AAHA, AVMA, and AAFP current recommendations.

Our hospital offers the following vaccines for dogs:
  • Rabies
  • Distemper, parvovirus, and adenovirus (DAPP)
  • Leptospirosis
  • Bordetella
  • Lymes
  • Canine Influenza
  • Parainfluenza
WE follow the 2022 AAHA Canine Vaccination Guidelines.

Our hospital offers the following vaccines for cats:
  • Rabies
  • Feline viral rhinotracheitis, calicivirus, and panleukopenia (FVRCP)
  • Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) : if goes outdoors at all
We follow the 2020 AAHA/AAFP Feline Vaccination Guidelines.

Vaccine titers

Vaccine titers are blood tests that measure your pet’s antibody levels to determine if booster vaccinations are necessary. Checking a titer can be helpful for pets with a history of adverse vaccine reactions or for pet parents who prefer them. Titers are available only for select vaccinations and don’t take the place of vaccination, but instead allow you to make more informed decisions about your pet’s care.

Parasite prevention Parasite prevention protocols protect your pet from the serious health issues caused by fleas, ticks, heartworms, and intestinal worms. Effective prevention also reduces the risk of parasite transmission to other household pets and vulnerable family members, especially children. Our veterinarians assess each pet’s lifestyle to develop a year-round prevention plan.
We offer the following parasite prevention services:
  • Fecal parasite testing and treatment
  • Heartworm testing, treatment and preventative products
  • Flea and tick preventive products