Small Animal Services

At Animal Ark Veterinary Hospital of Elkin, NC, we believe annual wellness care is imperative to keeping your pet happy and healthy! Your pet’s health is important and preventive care is necessary. We recommend wellness exams, keeping your pets on a vaccination schedule, and working with us on all facets of wellness care.

During your annual physical exam, your veterinarian fully examines your pet and discuss vaccinations and ongoing wellness. Just like you do wellness visits with your doctor, it’s important that your pet does the same. During these visits, our team will spend time examining your pet from nose to tail. They will also take time to discuss any behavior or nutritional issues you may have and come up with the ideal vaccination schedule based on your pet’s age and lifestyle.

Here at Animal Ark Elkin Veterinary Hospital, we want to help you keep your pets happy and healthy. One important part of keeping your animals healthy is getting them properly vaccinated, the same way humans need regular flu shots. Our team provides a full range of pet vaccinations to ensure that your animal companions are protected from illness.

Vaccination is a safe, effective way to protect people and pets from serious diseases. The way pet vaccinations work is by introducing a small amount of a weakened version of disease-causing agents into your pet’s system, which allows your pet’s immune system to develop the necessary antibodies to protect itself from that disease in the future. It’s essentially a way for the immune system to practice and get better at fighting those germs. At Animal Ark Elkin Veterinary Hospital, we will keep your pets on a comprehensive schedule of vaccines to keep them as safe as possible from illness, and we will make every effort to keep your pet calm and comfortable as we give them their shots.

At Animal Ark Elkin Veterinary Hospital, we are proud to serve the Elkin, North Carolina community, and we want to help you keep your pet healthy. If you need pet vaccinations for your pet family member, just give us a call.

Fleas & Ticks
Our team at Animal Ark Elkin Veterinary Hospital wants to help you keep your pets healthy and happy, and a big part of that is helping you protect them from ticks & fleas. Not only do these insects cause skin irritation and even pain, but they can also carry serious diseases that will put your pet’s overall health at risk. On top of that, bites for these insects can also trigger allergic reactions.

There are a number of commercial products on the market to prevent ticks & fleas, to get rid of them if they’ve already set in, and to treat the irritation caused by their bites. However, with so many options available, it’s often difficult to tell which one is best suited to your needs or which will produce the best results. Instead of poring over the fine print on pet store packages, we at Animal Ark Elkin Veterinary Hospital encourage you to come see our veterinary team to get expert advice on how best to care for your pet. We not only know how to deal with ticks & fleas effectively, but we will also supply you with reliable treatments that are sure to keep your pet safe from these irritating insects and their potentially dangerous bites.

Heartworm Treatment
Heartworm disease is a serious health concern among the canine population, although it can also occur in other animals, such as cats and ferrets. This disease is caused by a parasitic worm, known as Dirofilaria immitis, which can grow to be up to a foot in length. The worms are spread through mosquitos, so dogs that spend time outdoors tend to be more susceptible to the disease. Dogs are the most natural hosts for heartworms, so they can live in a dog for years and produce offspring, causing the numbers to increase. When untreated, heartworms can cause significant damage to the dog’s arteries, lungs, and heart.

In order to protect your dog, it’s important to keep up with heartworm treatment. At Animal Ark Veterinary Hospital, we offer heartworm treatment administered by skilled, caring professionals. If you’re located in or near Elkin, North Carolina, you can schedule an appointment for your pet to be treated for heartworm, as well as receive the appropriate treatment.

When testing for heartworm in dogs, we use a small blood sample to look for the presence of heartworm proteins. If the test does come back positive, we can provide a treatment for the disease with a goal to help your dog overcome this health concern and live a healthy life. If it’s negative, we will provide heartworm prevention treatment that protects the dog from contracting it in the future. Whether we’re administering heartworm treatment or providing one of the other veterinary services we offer, our team members will treat your pet with love and compassion.

To better visualize your pet’s bones and internal organs, we offer digital x-rays. With the advances in digital x-ray technology, we can now manipulate the digital images that we take off a pet’s systems. This has allowed us to detect hairline fractures and orthopedic conditions that were previously not visible. We use x-rays to diagnose and examine broken bones, obstructions, arthritis, masses, and tumors.

Pet ultrasound is a safe and painless diagnostic tool that can be used to visualize the internal organs of your pet. Our certified veterinary technicians are skilled in performing ultrasound exams on a variety of animals. During the exam, a small transducer is placed on the animal’s body and directed toward the area of interest. The transducer emits sound waves that create images of the internal organs on a screen. Pet ultrasound can be used to diagnose a variety of conditions, such as heart disease, liver disease, and kidney disease. It can also be used to determine the cause of abdominal pain or to confirm pregnancy.