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Is your dog healthy, and is up to date with vaccinations and heartworm prevention?
Is your dog between 1 and 7 years old?
Is your dog 30kg or over, and not on any special medications and has a calm disposition?

If so, your dog could be a life saver!

Looking for a feline companion or know someone who is? We have some kittens available for adoption. The kittens have been desexed, vaccinated, flea treated and dewormed. If you would like to give one or two of these adorable kittens a home, call us on 8364 1577. Or you can drop by Adelaide Animal Hospital clinic to view them.

When your pet visits for a wellness consultation during December, your pet will go into the draw to a win a Christmas Pet hamper.

Congratulations to Dr David Mason who recently received the Meritorious Service Award. This is an award for the service to the profession given by the Australian Veterinary Association. Dr Mason was the only South Australian recipient this year for this nationally recognised award.

On Sunday 17th May 2009, many paws and feet walked in the mud and puddles in an effort to raise money for the RSPCA.  Adelaide Animal Hospital entered a team of staff members and their pets to walk the 5km walk starting at Elder Park.

Dr Jacqueline Ley is a researcher for Monash University and is studying human-companion animal interactions. If you have owned your dog for 12 months or more, you can participate in this research by completing an online survey.  Select this link to go to the survey start page

The Australian Veterinary Assocation has been monitoring the international outbreak of swine flu and has issued a media release to inform the public about the important veterinary aspects of the outbreak. At this stage it is a human health issue. 

As we all know, the Victorian bushfires took their toll not only on residents of the southern Victorian area and their families, but also their pets, livestock and wildlife. Adelaide Animal Hospitals has donated $1500 to the Victorian Wildlife Fund and the RSPCA to assist with the rehabilitation of all the animals injured by the bush fires. Thank you to everyone who has donated bedding, food and other items for the homeless and injured animals.

"Pet food industry in trouble", a story recently aired on ABC's, The 7.30 Report highlighted cases of poisoning associated with contaminated imported pet foods. Further to this we would like to clarify that Hills Pet Nutrition products, the food we supply and recommend for pets, does not contain meat ingredients from China or Ireland.