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Address: 19909 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91364

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Preventive Care

Dental Care
— It is estimated that 80 percent of people brush their teeth every day, but far fewer pet owners do the same for their pets. Pet Dental Health Month, celebrated every February, teaches pet owners proper dental hygiene is equally as important for their pets.
Vaccination
I just got off the phone with a woman whose husband was just bitten by their son's cat, a patient of mine. In addition to advising her that he should see his physician promptly, I told her of my obligation to report the bite to the health department. She wasn't happy to hear that, but the law is quite clear in these things. And because the cat was indoor/outdoor and its vaccination status unknown as of the only visit to me in September, this could very well end badly for the cat. Quarantine or immediate euthanasia for rabies testing are the only two options.
Veterinary Ophthalmology
Cats that spend time out-of-doors are susceptible to a wider variety of eye problems, including foreign body (grass awns) and fight wounds from other cats' claws or even teeth. But housecats can also develop serious eye problems.
Nutritional Counseling
There are more, of course. These are just some of the causes for weight loss I have seen in my years in practice.
Comprehensive Examination
Figuring out what's wrong with an animal is like solving a very complex puzzle – your veterinarian has to figure out how to fit all of the clues (pieces of the puzzle) together to solve it. Veterinarians have, on average, 8 or more years of college and in-depth veterinary school training to prepare them for this task. Their training makes it possible for them to thoroughly evaluate, diagnose and treat your animal's problem. Doing these things effectively involves thorough knowledge of your animal's body systems and how they function, as well as a familiarity with how medications and other treatments work and if any treatments interfere with others. Hands-on physical examination is incredibly valuable to your pet and can't be replaced by a phone conversation, web-based conversation, or email description.

Illness Treatment

Parasites Treatment and Control
The guidelines just emphasize what we vets already know about basic handwashing and commonsense pet husbandry. HIV patients should of course avoid contact with cats less than 1 year old, cats or kittens with diarrhea, and cat feces in general. And cats should be on an appropriate external and internal parasite control regimen.
Behavioral Disorder Treatment
Scientists in China have found a feline morbillivirus (that's the family of viruses that includes canine distemper and human measles) that appears to be connected to a significant percentage of kidney failure cases in cats. Because vaccines can be made easily for morbilliviruses, and they work REALLY well, this could be a huge breakthrough in the actual PREVENTION of this common cat disease.
Pain Management
Mr. Happy has been radiographed and neutered (he should have been named Mr Stinky). He has a fractured pelvis and will need cage rest, stool softeners, and pain medication for a while but we expect a full recovery. And a very good client is probably going to be his new mom when he is good to go in about a month.
Vomiting Treatment
Diarrhea Treatment
Pets with Salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will have only decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.
Skin Condition and Allergy Treatment
Apparently, the study, commissioned by Nature's Variety, involved the feeding of 6 adult dogs variations of different diets over a 4.5 month period. They looked at stool quality, volume and odor, blood chemistry, quality of their skin and coat and body weight.
Upper Respiratory Illness Treatment
It helps to bear in mind that the vast majority of respiratory problems we see in cats sre mild and easily treated upper respiratory infections due to Feline Herpesvirus. Pneumonia, asthma, and more serious problems are in a distinct minority.

Infection Treatment

Feline Retro Virus Treatment
They mention Feline Immunodeficiency Virus in the article, but I am more interested in how Feline Leukemia Virus is involved, because it is so much more easily spread, through casual contact rather than bite wounds.
Bacterial and Viral Infection Treatment
If NDM-1-containing Salmonella ever gets established in poultry farms in the US, it's game-set-match in the battle against this particular food-borne bacterial infection. If you don't care about your own life, I can't make you. But I care about mine and that of my staff and patients and clients. I have seen presumed Salmonella infection in several cats that were fed raw poultry, and it can make kitties (and humans who associate with them) extremely ill. If we have no antibiotics to fight it, cats will have to be euthanized and humans will simply die if they catch it.
Urinary Tract Infection Treatment
"Medical causes for abnormal urination can include diabetes, kidney disease, cystitis, a urinary tract infection, a kidney infection, urinal crystal formation, urinary stone formation, kidney stones and cancer."

Chronic Condition Treatment

Diabetes Treatment
Thyroid Disease Treatment
Y/D is available in both canned and dry. Along with limiting the amount of iodine so as to reduce thyroid hormone production, the food is formulated to ease the work load on the kidneys. As many of you are aware, treatment of overactive thyroid gland in the cat can in some cases lead to diminished kidney function - a classic Catch 22 because untreated hyperthyroidism is itself fatal.
Heart Disease Treatment
For many years we thought primary heart disease was extremely uncommon in cats. After researchers figured out the critical role that insufficient taurine in cat foods was playing in the development of dilated cardiomyopathy and cat food manufacturers corrected the problem, we thought we were home free.
Kidney Disease Treatment
For so many years we have had to shrug and admit we just don't know when people ask what causes so much kidney failure in cats. Some cases are due to a congenital genetic disorder, but most were always just a mystery.
Periodontal Disease Treatment
And speaking of consequences - most people are unaware that untreated dental disease such as calculus accumulation, periodontal disease, cervical line lesions, and broken teeth can lead to liver, kidney, and heart trouble. It's not a cosmetic issue in the least, cats not being known for their toothy grins.
Cancer Treatment
And because the situation is ever-changing, a single discussion is not enough. It needs to be an ongoing conversation. Back in the early days of AIDS, we veterinarians mistakenly thought that people with the disease simply couldn't own pets because of the risk of zoonotic diseases. Now we know that's not true, and can advise clients how to stay safe and still enjoy Fluffy or Spot. Also, people can forget over time that the transplant they had and are still on medication for might affect their immune system function, as will chemotherapy for cancer, spleen removal, and a host of other conditions and situations.

Wound and Fracture Care
Cats have long, sharp, pointed fangs (canines in doctor-speak) which deliver small but deep puncture wounds. The fangs also do a great job of inoculating bacteria deep inside the wounds, which then seal up rapidly due to their small entry point. After a day or two of incubating, the bacterial population in the wound explodes, the cat's immune system throws a few million white blood cells into the mixture, and you've got a smelly, oozing mess full of pus.
Poisoning Treatment

Veterinary Surgery
In these difficult economic times we are encountering more and more hardship cases where long-term clients have encountered unforeseeable economic hardship followed by their beloved cat becoming seriously and unavoidably ill, or someone adopts a stray cat who turns out to be pregnant (and that certainly entails unexpected expenses), and occasionally someone presents us with an injured stray cat or kitten that needs medical or surgical care AND a home (and needs to stay here or in foster care in the meantime).
Spaying and Neutering
Research studies have shown that vigorous handwashing with ordinary soap removes just as many bacteria as soaps containing triclosan, with far less environmental impact. It's all about mechanical removal, it turns out, and not about "sterilization" of hands (which is physically impossible anyway).

Laboratory Services
Older cats often develop low serum potassium levels - in most cases this is linked to a decline in kidney function, but not always. And it can precede detection of kidney problems in lab testing by a few years, so I often look at it as an early warning sign. And as if that's not bad enough, low potassium in and of itself can cause kidney function problems. So the two are very closely linked. Low potassium levels can be extremely dangerous because it is vital in electrical conductivity of heart muscle and if it gets too low the heart can literally STOP.
X-Ray
Microchipping
"Now, thanks to the shelter and the modern miracle of microchipping, Snowball is flying off in his cat carrier Friday to Portland, Ore., to be reunited with his original owner, a 10-year-old girl named Raven with whom Snowball used to sleep every night......"

General Pet Care

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Senior Pet Care
The AAFP has recently published a new and very helpful brochure titled "Friends For Life - Caring For Your Older Cat" in conjunction with the issuance of its latest Senior Cat Care Guidelines for veterinarians.

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