• 748-4400               Riverbrook Animal Hospital
                                      Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
                                      Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
                                      Sunday: closed
                                      All days: closed for lunch 12:30 - 1:30


• 665-0508               Animal Emergency Center
  
                                    7220 E. 41st Street, Tulsa
                                    Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week


• 1-800-764-7661      Poison Control


• 1-888-426-4435      ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center

Annual physical examinations provide for early detection and treatment of problems. The importance of the annual exam is stressed at Riverbrook because a lot transpires in the life of an animal over the course of a year. To put it in perspective, the annual examination for your pet is like a physical every seven years for you, so a great deal needs to be addressed during the exam. Vaccinations, parasite detection and dispensing of preventative medications are handled at each annual visit. In order to focus on the problems of our senior companions, geriatric exams are scheduled as needed. These exams may include diagnostic procedures such as ECGs, lab work, x-rays and ultrasound.

Ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging procedure that we are proud to offer to your pets. Using images produced by sound waves, we are able to see normal and pathologic changes that are happening to the internal organs in the chest and abdomen of your pet. This is a painless diagnostic tool that can usually be done without sedating or anesthetizing your pet.

Ultrasound is an invaluable tool for helping to make treatment decisions for various types of heart disease. It also allows us to perform ultrasound-guided needle biopsies of organs such as the liver and kidney for diagnostic purposes. Ultrasound is also frequently used to check for bladder stones and to obtain sterile urine samples from the bladder through ultrasound-guided cystocentesis.

Dental care is very important for your pet. If unmanaged, dental problems can lead to bad breath, mouth pain, and loss of teeth. Ultimately, chronic dental disease can result in heart and kidney disease. At Riverbrook Animal Hospital, we offer dental prophylaxis including cleaning, polishing and simple extractions. Any specialty procedures are referred to local, board-certified dentists.

Baths, dips, and nail trims are available daily. We also provide medicated baths for dogs and cats with special skin disorders.

Surgery is performed in-house Monday through Friday. A wide variety of surgeries are performed using high quality anesthetics such as Isoflorane gas. We refer surgical procedures requiring special equipment or training to local, board-certified veterinary surgeons. We offer pre-anesthetic exams and bloodwork for all patients.

Since Riverbrook Animal Hospital focuses on preventative/wellness care and on medical care, our limited hospital space prevents us, in most instances, from overnight boarding of non-medical cases.

• Day boarding of animals is available.
• Non-medical overnight boarding of cats is available as space allows.
• Boarding of pets that need medication (diabetic animals, for example) or requests for pets to board before or after a surgical procedure will be allowed on a case by case basis.
• Proof of current vaccinations is required for all boarders to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
• Dogs are required to be current on Rabies, Distemper-Parvo and Bordetella vaccinations.
• Cats are required to be current on Rabies and Distemper/Upper Respiratory Virus vaccinations.

Riverbrook staff will discuss your needs for overnight boarding of your pet(s) and can refer you to qualified in-home pet sitters or boarding facilities.

Kennel cough (bordetella) vaccine may be required for boarding. It works best when done at least 5-7 days before boarding. Call ahead to the boarding facility and check to see if your pet will require a vaccination. If so, we can schedule a convenient time to give the vaccination before boarding begins.

Dr. Layton and Dr. Johnson welcome the opportunities they have to inform and instruct pet owners on the latest developments in behavior modification and training. They encourage anyone — particularly new pet owners — to come to them with questions or concerns.

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