Pet Insurance
Pet insurance is becoming more and more popular in Australia. It offers you peace of mind as it covers some or all of the treatment costs if your pet was ever involved in an accident or suffers a sudden illness. There is no equivalent of Medicare for pets, thus...
Specialist Referrals
When a bird or animal develops an unusual illness or injury, there is often a need for specialised expertise and equipment to properly diagnose and treat the problem. Our clinic is a little unusual in that it offers specialist care for birds within the clinic as...
Ultrasonography
An ultrasound scan is an important tool to help us diagnose diseases in animals, particularly for conditions involving soft tissues, such as those found in the abdomen, or the heart. We offer and recommend the services of Dr Harold Pook, a visiting ultrasonographer...
Clinical Pathology
Clinical pathology involves the laboratory evaluation of blood, fluids or body tissues in order to identify existing disease. Common laboratory tests include blood chemistries, complete blood counts, blood clotting times, urinalysis, faecal tests, biopsy...
Radiography
Our hospital is fully equipped to take radiographs (often called X-rays) of your pet. Our veterinarians will discuss your pet’s case and conduct a thorough physical examination to determine if your pet requires radiographs. Radiographs are a very important tool to...
Flea And Tick Control
Flea Control Fleas are most often seen during the warmer months but as we keep our homes nice and warm throughout winter, we see fleas all year round. Only a small part of the adult flea population actually lives on your pet. The fleas’ eggs and larvae live in the...
Orthopaedics
Orthopaedic surgery encompasses any surgery that is related to bones or joints. It includes procedures such as fracture repairs, ligament repairs and spinal surgery to name a few. Our veterinarians’ high level of expertise and our practice’s fully equipped surgical...
Ophthalmic Surgery
Ophthalmic surgery is the specific area of pet care involving treatment of an animal’s eyes. For certain breeds, this service also involves the examination and certification of breeding dogs to verify their eyes are in good condition. Eye examinations require...
Soft Tissue Issues
Soft Tissue Surgeries... Our veterinarians’ high level of expertise and our practice’s fully equipped surgical suite allows us to perform the vast majority of soft tissue surgical procedures that your pet may require. Soft tissue surgery encompasses any surgery...
Emergency Procedures
We provide emergency care for critical illness or injury that occur during clinic hours but we are not a 24 hour clinic. Outside business hours emergency cases are referred to the: Pet Emergency and Specialist Centre, 1103 Dandenong Road, Malvern East - Phone (03)...
Intestinal Worms
There are two broad categories of worms that may affect our pet dogs and cats, intestinal worms and heartworms. Please see our heartworm page for more information. Intestinal Worms Worming is one of the first health care issues pet owners need to address as pups...
Dog Vaccinations
Vaccination has revolutionised control of infectious disease in our pets. It is essential that all pets are adequately vaccinated to help protect the pet population as a whole. Responsible pet care requires puppies to be given their initial course of vaccinations,...
Veterinary Dentals
Just like humans, our pets are vulnerable to gum disease and problems with their teeth. Alarmingly, 80% of dogs and 70% of cats suffer from some form of dental disease by the age of three. When there is a build up of bacteria, food particles and saliva on the teeth...
Cat Vaccination
Vaccination has revolutionised control of infectious disease in our pets. It is essential that all pets are adequately vaccinated to help protect the pet population as a whole. Responsible pet care requires kittens to be given their initial course of vaccinations,...
Vet Health Checks
Dogs and cats, on average, age five to eight times faster than humans. By age two, most dogs and cats have already reached adulthood. At age four, many are entering middle age. By age seven, many dogs, particularly larger breeds, are entering their senior years....
Diabetes In Dogs
Canine Diabetus or Diabetes Mellitus in dogs is a common endocrine disorder that affects our pet dogs in a similar way to humans. It is usually caused by a lack of insulin in the body, Insulin is produced in the pancreas. and allows the body's cells to utilise...
Canine Entropian Surgery
What is it? It's inverted eyelids. This is usually an easy problem to correct . A sharpei was presented with entropion of both eyes. The surgery involved removing an elliptical flap from the area where the skin is excessive.and then closing the surgical wound with...
Cushings Disease in Dogs
Cushing Disease dogs| canine hyperadrenocorticism, Canine hyperadrenocorticism is a hormonal disorder that affects dogs and other animals. It is caused by an overproduction of the hormone cortisol, which is produced by the adrenal gland. Cortisol plays a...