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Welcome to Champlain Animal Hospital in Peterborough, Ontario

At Champlain Animal Hospital, we are pet owners just like you, and so you can rest assured that we will treat your furry family members as if they were our own. We are a full service animal care hospital located one-mile north of Trent University on the Lakefield Highway in Peterborough, Ontario. We have been caring for companion animals and wildlife in the Kawarthas for over 40 years. Our team is dedicated in helping you with the health and wellbeing of your loyal companions. We believe in a high standard of medicine and care for the whole pet. Over time, we have developed an excellent reputation for compassion and trustworthiness with our clients. In fact, our slogan is “Pet care that your friends recommend”. Each day we strive to live up to the loyalty and partnership that we have built with the members of our community.

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4DX Testing: A Quick and Powerful Screening Tool for the Health of Your Dog

The 4DX test is a quick blood test that screens for four diseases which affect our dogs: Heartworm, Lyme, Anaplasma and Ehrlichia. Heartworm disease is transmitted by mosquitoes and is becoming more prevalent as the climate warms and more dogs (unknowingly infected) are brought into the province from other areas where mosquito borne diseases are widespread. In a few discrete areas within southern Ontario, such as Peterborough County, the prevalence of infection in dogs not on a heartworm preventive can be as high as 5% to 10%.* Local wildlife such as foxes, coyotes and wolves may be infected and be able to spread the disease to our dogs through the mosquito.

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Is Rabies Virus Really A Risk For My Pet

Rabies is one of the oldest and most feared viral infections of all time. Despite having a vaccine available, every year, there are 55,000 human deaths worldwide. Of the 25 human deaths from rabies in Canada, the most recent was in 2012, and all happened after exposure to bats. In Canada, there were 239 cases of animal rabies in 2017 and 183 in 2018.

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