With new advances in veterinary medicine, pets are now living longer and healthier lives. With these advances comes more responsibility on the part of the pet owner. While these responsibilities may seem trivial, they can on fact help prolong or even save your pet's life.

So what is the most important responsibility as the owner of an older pet? Annual health check ups!

Urine And Blood Testing: Why Are They So Important?

Urine and blood screening allows your vet to look for any abnormal changes in the function of many internal organs such as the liver, kidneys and pancreas to name a few.

Some of the diseases of concern that can affect your pet's longevity and that can be detected with blood and urine screening:

• Renal disease
• Diabetes
• Liver disease
• Anaemia
• Urinary Tract Infection

Blood Pressure Screening

As with older people, high blood pressure can be a sign of heart disease or kidney disease. To measure for increased blood pressure is a non-painful 5-minute test.

Book a health check up

To book an annual health check up for your older pet, please contact Coreen Avenue Veterinary Clinic or Western Sydney Cat Hospital.