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Wear Put Together Health Check Video For Pet Owners

4 years ago
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Posted
22nd May, 2020 14h44

Author
Linnaeus Group


A leading Teeside small animal hospital has produced a video to help dog owners carry out basic examinations on their pets during the lockdown.

Wear Referrals, in Bradbury, County Durham, has filmed a basic health check video to help provide support and assistance to pet owners who are unable to get take their dogs to the vets for due to the COVID-19 social distancing measures.

Like vets across the country, Wear is adhering to guidelines from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) to see only urgent and emergency cases at its hospital.  

As well as introducing video consultations, the referral centre has now put together an informative video for its social media channels which shows pet owners how to perform a basic health examination on a dog.

The video contains tips on how to assess breathing rates, the correct way to check a pulse, gum colour and heart rates. 

Chiara Giannasi, a clinician in internal medicine at Wear, presents the three-minute video and said: “This is in no way to try to replace a full examination by a vet and if an animal is in need of urgent attention, pet owners should always get in touch with us.

“However, with the current restrictions in place we wanted to show dog owners how to carry out a few basic checks which will assist them if they need to book a video consultation.

“We really hope dog owners find it useful and that it provides some peace of mind when it comes to their pets’ health.”

Wear Referrals is part of Linnaeus, which is owned by Mars Veterinary Health Group. The highly-respected referral centre offers a wide range of clinical services including neurology, orthopaedics, soft tissue, internal medicine, cardiology, anaesthesia and analgesia, intensive care and diagnostic imaging.

To find the health check demo video, search for Wear Referrals on Facebook or go to the vets’ YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/ADAGDk7uhyQ


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