What does AVE mean in VETERINARY

An annual veterinary exam is important to ensure your pet's overall health and wellbeing. During the appointment, your vet will carefully evaluate your pet's health, look for potential signs of disease or illness, make sure any current treatments are working effectively, update vaccinations, and make any lifestyle recommendations as needed. All of this combined will help keep your pet in tip-top shape!

During an average veterinary exam, your vet will likely perform a physical check-up on your pet that includes listening to the heart and lungs, checking the eyes and ears, feeling the lymph nodes and abdomen, looking at the teeth and gums, checking skin and coat quality, and taking body measurements. Depending on additional concerns or needs reviewed with your vet during the visit, further diagnostics tests may be recommended as well.

All pets that are age 6 months and older should receive an annual veterinarian exam. Kittens through age 5 months should generally be seen every 3-4 weeks until they reach 6 months old. Pets over 7 years of age may require more frequent doctor visits to monitor changes in their health.

If you think something is wrong with your pet outside of their regular appointment times, it's always best to contact your veterinarian right away so they can examine them further if needed. If necessary they can provide advice over the phone or determine if bringing them into the clinic is necessary for further diagnostics or treatment.

Make sure you bring along a recent copy of any medical history you have regarding previous illnesses or treatments such as vaccination records or any other relevant documents that pertain to your pet's care plan. You may also want to bring along a list of questions about any issues you have noticed since their last visit so that you can go over those with the vet at that time too!

At each visit it's important that you communicate openly with your vet about any changes in behavior or appetite you may have noticed in between exams along with grievances regarding possible pain levels that aren't normal activity type responses from general movement around the house (such as limping). Furthermore, any new medications or supplements since their last check-up must be informed about so proper adjustments can be made accordingly!

Vaccination requirements vary from state-to-state; however, some of the most common vaccines all dogs typically receive are rabies shots every three years; distemper/parvo shots annually; bordetella shots annually; leptospirosis shots annually; Lyme disease shot annually; influenza vaccine biennially; and coronavirus vaccine biennially depending on risk factors. Your veterinarian can provide more information specific to where you live.