Here at Kay Animal Hospital we have always stressed the importance of yearly exams . The exam is the annual visit where your pet, depending on whether they are feline or canine, receives a complete, thorough physical exam, appropriate vaccines, heartworm testing and a fecal exam or deworming.

Why are wellness exams important?

1. One year in human lives compares to 5-7 years for your pet.

2. If your dog goes outdoors, on walks, plays with other dogs, goes to a groomer or boards while you're out of town then their Bordetella vaccine should be boostered every six months.

3. As animals begin to age more health problems occur. These problems may not be apparent to you, the owner. By examining your pet annually, early detection and diagnosis helps improve your pet's quality of life.

4. Wellness exams are the perfect time to perform routine blood and urine tests. These screening tests allow us to see a picture of what is going on inside your pet's body. It is impossible for us to know how healthy you pet is internally without performing these tests. A healthy appearance on the outside DOES NOT equal a healthy pet on the inside. In our years of practice, we have discovered many, many disease processes going on in healthy appearing animals. The sooner the problem is diagnosed and a treatment plan administered, the better chance your pet has for recovery and living a longer, healthier life.


5. We want our clients to be happy. We want our patients to live long, happy, pain free, high quality lives. Wellness exams and routine screening tests are a big step towards you helping us help your pets achieve these goals.