http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com Where animals and animal owners receive a special level of care and attention. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:05:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Client: The colder weather and barren trees hasten our steps to get ready for the upcoming winter months.  We are sending this note to reach out to our horse owners about several topics that are pertinent to your horse's well being. More and more of our horse clients are using ... http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com/?p=69 Chocolate may be one of the most popular treats in the world but it can be toxic to dogs, cats, horses, parrots and some rodents.  Chocolate contains theobromine and caffeine, ingredients that animals are unable to metabolize effectively. A dose as low as 1 ounce of milk chocolate per pound ... http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com/?p=61 Although most of us do a good job of protecting our pets from preventable infectious diseases with vaccinations, regular veterinary visits, and yearly heartworm testing and prevention, there is one very serious disease that is often overlooked. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that can infect many species of animals and can ... http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com/?p=23 Pets are living longer these days as nutrition and veterinary healthcare become more informed and effective. With longevity comes more opportunity for age-related diseases to raise their ugly heads. One of the most common diseases seen in geriatric (over age 7 years) dogs is osteoarthritis (OA). Fido's reluctance to navigate ... http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com/?p=19 Lyme disease is an infectious disease transmitted by the deer tick. The disease has been reported in cats, dogs, horses, cattle and humans. The infected deer tick feeds on these hosts, becoming partially engorged (24-48 hours after attachment); the tick transmits the spirochete organism, Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme ... http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com/?p=24 Imagine a beautiful sunny 70-85 degree summer day. Now imagine instead of those shorts and tee shirt, you had to bundle up in ski pants, winter coat, winter hat and mittens. This is not to go to the top of Mt. Washington, but to sit in a closed, unventilated room ... http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com/?p=22 Summer is just around the corner. Thoughts of squeezing into that bathing suit after a long winter are happy for some and dreadful for others. That leads me to think about the 33 million dogs and cats that are overweight in the United States.A body condition score is a good ... http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com/?p=26 An integral part of horse health maintenance is proper dental care. Due to continuous growth and side to side chewing pattern of the horse, sharp enamel surfaces, called points develop along the buccal (cheek side) surface of the upper molars and the lingual (tongue side) surface of the lower molars. ... http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com/?p=21 An integral part of horse health maintenance is proper dental care. Due to continuous growth and side to side chewing pattern of the horse, sharp enamel surfaces, called points develop along the buccal (cheek side) surface of the upper molars and the lingual (tongue side) surface of the lower molars. ... http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com/?p=18 Demodicosis (red mange) is a skin disease caused by a small mite not visible to the naked eye. This mite lives down in the root of the hair. All normal dogs have a small population of mites, but only certain animals will get a disease from mite overgrowth. In some ... http://www.claremontanimalhospital.com/?p=20