Preventive care is vital for keeping your pet healthy as it can help you avoid serious health complications that

are both unpleasant and expensive to treat. Here’s a look at several common examples;


Where to look

What to look for

Why you should care

Mouth & teeth

Gingivitis, periodontal disease, oral cancer

Your pet could suffer from oral pain, tooth abscesses, tooth loss, systemic infection, and cancer progression

Liver

Inflammatory liver disease, toxic reaction to certain drugs, cancer, “Cushing Syndrome”

Your pet could suffer from jaundice, liver failure, anemia, bleeding disorder, cancer progression, and fatal symptoms

Kidney

Acute and chronic kidney diseases, kidney stones, kidney infection

Your pet could suffer from irreversible kidney damage, kidney failure, high blood pressure, blindness, anemia, and fatal symptoms

Heart & lungs

Heart muscle disease, leaky heart valves, irregular heart rhythms, heart worm disease, bronchitis

Your pet could suffer from poor circulation, fluid build-up in the lungs and/or abdomen, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and sudden death

Joints & bones

Arthritis, hip dysplasia, torn cruciate ligament, degenerative back disease, cancer

Your pet could suffer from pain, reduced mobility, progressive disease, and paralysis

Glands & endocrine system

Diabetes, thyroid disease, adrenal disease

Your pet could suffer from cataracts, blindness, wasting, hair/coat changes, hair loss, skin infections, collapse, and fatal symptoms

Eyes & vision

Corneal ulcers, cataracts, dry eye, glaucoma

Your pet could suffer from pain, progressive blindness, and loss of eye(s)

Digestion & gastrointestinal system

Intestinal parasites, infection, inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, pancreatitis, cancer

Your pet could suffer from an inability to absorb nutrients, wasting, abdominal pain, cancer progression, and fatal symptoms

Skin

Allergies, fleas, mites, ticks, lumps, skin infections, ear infections

Your pet could suffer from hair loss, tick-borne infections, tick-borne diseases, and hearing loss