Services of Tiermedizin Hochmoor

General Practice

• Advice on health issues/rearing of puppies and young dogs
• Vaccinations after general health check (vaccinations according to the recommendations of the StikoVet)
• Advice on travelling abroad with your pet (vaccination against travel-related infectious diseases)
• Advice on feeding and special diet
• Preventive health care for aged pets/ health checks for dogs from 6 or 8 years of age respectively and for cats from 7 years of age
• Proof of competence for dogs taller than 45cm height at withers
• Pregnancy checks (ultrasound)
• Emergencies admitted w/o appointment

Ophthalmology

• Ocular examination (general, vital stains)
• Slit lamp examination
• Measurement of intraocular pressure (tonometry)
• Measurement of the amount of tear production (Schirmer Tear Test)
• Entropion surgery
• Enucleation

Diagnostic Imaging

• Radiography
• HD radiography, elbow radiography, shoulder radiography
• Computed tomography in cases of lameness, vertebral disc prolapse and epilepsy (epileptic seizure)
• Cardiac ultrasound
• Abdominal ultrasound
• Endoscopy of the upper airways (bronchoscopy, rhinoscopy, laryngoscopy) in cases of suspected foreign bodies (awn, culm) or tumours
• Endoscopy of the gastrointestinal tract (gastroscopy, duodenoscopy, rectoscopy)
• Endoscopy of the external ear canal (otoscopy)

Surgery

• Wound management (bite injuries, traumatic wounds)
• Gastric torsion
• Bladder calculi
• Female castration in cases of pyometra
• Male castration
• Soft tissue surgery i.e. perianal hernia
• Joint and bone surgery (fracture repair, cruciate ligament tear, patella luxation, corrective osteotomy)
• Knee surgery i.e. TPLO, ligament replacement, meniscal tears, plate osteosynthesis, repositioning of luxations)  
• Amputations
• Splenectomy in cases of splenic tumours
• Larynx surgery and soft palate surgery
• Tracheal collapse
• Nasal surgery
• Skin tumours

Dermatology

• Allergology
• Fine needle aspiration and biopsy
• Skin scraping
• Tumour resection
• Cytology

Internal Medicine

• Endocrinology (T4, insulin)
• Tracheal collapse
• Haematology
• Serum chemistry
• Gastroenterology (see also diagnostic imaging)
• Urology
• Oncology
• Virology, bacteriology, parasitology
• Giardia testing
• Intensive Care
• In-patient admission and 24h care
• Oxygen box
• Intercostal drain
• Polytraumata
• Blood transfusions
• Cardiology
• Echocardiography
• Electrocardiography (ECG)
• Blood pressure measurement
• Diagnostic X-ray examination heart/lungs

Neurology

• Epilepsy diagnostics
• CT diagnostics including liquor examination and contrast agent
• Vertebral disc prolapse

Orthopaedics

• Clinical lameness investigation
• Radiography
• CT (computed tomography, see diagnostic imaging)
• Knee surgery
• Cruciate ligament tear surgery (TPLO, ligament replacement)
• Patella luxation surgery
• Femoral head resection
• Elbow surgery

Oncology

• Tumour diagnostics, tumour staging
• Tumour resection

Reproduction

• Vaginoscopy
• Vaginal cytology
• Ultrasonography
• Progesterone rapid test
• Determination of fertile time frame
• Female cycle diagnostics
• Obstetrics
• Caesareans
• Pyometra surgery
• Pregnancy, ultrasonography/X-ray

Dentistry

• General dental hygiene and care
• Removal of plaque and dental calculus
• Dental extraction
• Periodontitis treatment
• Repair of mandibular fractures

Laboratory Diagnostics

• Blood, faecal and urinary analysis
• Analysis of haemostasis
• Cytology
• T4 thyroid hormone measurement
• Progesterone rapid test

Preventive Examinations

• HD/ED/OCD
• Patella luxation
• DANN analysis for hereditary disease
• Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
• Preventive checks for aging patients (geriatrics)
• Puppy check, senior check