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Delmont Veterinary Hospital

PO Box 398
Delmont, PA 15626

(724)468-8000

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Ticks Are Arthropod Parasites for Mammals

Ticks are skin parasites that feed on the blood of their hosts. Ticks like motion, warm temperatures from body heat, and the carbon dioxide exhaled by mammals, ...

Kindergarten is for Kittens

It always seemed to me that many of the problems people had with their cats was due to a misunderstanding of normal feline behavior and feline social needs. On ...

California to require clarity in pet health insurance policies

A bill regulating the pet health insurance industry has all but passed in California, with some predicting it could reach Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk by next week. ...

Our Understanding of a Disease Changes over Time

The diagnosis was like slamming into a brick wall from a fast speed.Today, any veterinarian who recommends immediate euthanasia without offering any options ne ...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in Dogs

The signs of inflammation in the colon (also called the large intestine) are the same regardless of the cause: gooey, mucous diarrhea, straining to pass stool, ...

Plague and How Avoid It in You or your Companion Animals

In April 2011, a dog in New Mexico’s Sante Fe County was diagnosed with plague. Many people think plague is a disease that was only present hundreds of years ag ...