Routine Care
All vaccine and preventative medicine protocols are tailored to each individual pet. For questions or additional information about any of the vaccines/care suggestions listed, please contact the NMSAC staff.
Standard medical protocols and vaccines:
All Animals
- Rabies Vaccinations
- Required by law for all animals
- First vaccination lasts for one year, subsequent vaccinations last for three years
- Microchips
- For more information on microchips contact the NMSAC staff or go to homeagain.com
- Flea Preventative
- Advantage controls fleas in dogs and cats
- Frontline plus controls fleas and ticks in dogs
- Parasite Control
- Deworming is recommended for all puppies, kittens, and adopted animals
- Heartworm preventative also prevents intestinal parasites in dogs
- Spaying/Neutering
Dogs
- DHPP(L)
- Distemper/Hepatitis/Parainfluenza/Parvovirus
- Leptospirosis is optionally included for at risk animals
- First time patients receive a series of three or four vaccinations
- Subsequent vaccinations are done yearly
- Heartworm Control
- For more information on heartworms go to www.heartwormsociety.org
- Heartworm tests are recommended every two years for dogs who stay on preventative
- Yearly tests are recommended for animals who are not on year round preventative
- Tri-Heart is a monthly heartworm preventative that also guards against intestinal parasites
- Bordetella
- Commonly known as the kennel cough vaccine
- Required by most boarding and grooming facilities
- Lyme Vaccine
- Recommended for dogs at high risk for Lyme disease
Cats
- FVRCPC
- Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis/Calici/Panleukopenia/Chlamydia
- First time patients receive a series of two vaccinations
- Subsequent vaccinations are given yearly
- FELV/FIV
- Feline Leukemia/Aids
- Recommended for all outdoor or indoor/outdoor cats
- FELV/FIV is transmitted through bodily fluids
- A FELV/FIV test is required before vaccination