Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services: Our hospital is equipped to provide diagnostic and therapeutic services to care for your pets complete health care needs. We perform in-house blood tests, urinalyses, heartworm testing, parasite analysis, radiography, tonometry (glaucoma test), feline leukemia and immunodeficiency virus testing, and parvo tests. We work closely with outside laboratories and specialists to offer your pet the best testing available. The doctors combine years of experience with the latest in diagnostics and treatments.
Surgical Services: Our state-of-the-art surgical suite provides for the performance of a wide variety of surgical procedures. We recently added a RadioWave surgical unit that makes incisions without a surgical blade. The result is less bleeding, less swelling, and less pain.
Anesthesia: We utilize the safest available anesthetics to provide that extra margin of safety, especially for our older or high risk patients. Using the most modern equipment, the patient's vital signs (pulse oximetry and electrocardiography) are monitored during all anesthetic procedures. A technician or assistant is assigned to monitor your pet from the time that anesthesia is induced until he/she is awake.
Radiology Services: Our on-site, modern X-ray equipment provides high quality radiographs to aid in the diagnosis of many disorders.
Electrocardiography Services: We provide ECG services on-site as well as consultations with cardiology specialists.
Laboratory: Our in-house laboratory facilities provide for serum chemistry, hematology, serology, urinalysis and parasite testing. We also utilize commercial veterinary laboratories for specialized diagnostics and consultations.
Individualized Preventive Medicine: The health and disease risk is different for each animal. We will assess those risks for your pet(s) to design a custom vaccine protocol.
Pharmacy: We maintain an extensive inventory of pharmaceuticals, vitamins, shampoos, Frontline for flea control, and heartworm preventives to meet the needs of your pet.
Individualized Flea Control Programs: We develop programs for the specific needs of your pet and your own particular environmental situation. We will review with you the best ways to control fleas in your house, in your yard and on your pet.
Dietary Counseling: We will provide guidance regarding your pet's nutritional needs for each life stage, including dietary requirements for growth, weight maintenance, performance, and management of disease. For general information about our Purina ProPlan line of diets, please call us or email Dev at dev@watsonpethospital.com.
Behavioral Counseling: We can provide advice regarding the correction of problems such as excessive barking, chewing, spraying, scratching, digging, house soiling and aggression. Also visit our Pet Library section.
Boarding: We provide pet boarding as a service to our clients. All boarders receive personal attention from our caring staff and are kept in our indoor, air conditioned boarding facility. Pets may be dropped off and picked up during regular business hours Monday through Friday. Please see our Boarding Policy and call us for a boarding reservation today.
Grooming: Our grooming services include routine and therapeutic bathing. Along with any bath, your pet will also have his/her nails clipped, anal sacs expressed and ears cleaned. Call us for pricing and to book an appointment today.
Emergency Care: We currently refer our after-hours emergencies to Animal Emergency Clinic of Baton Rouge or LSU.
Dentistry: Our dental services include teeth cleaning and polishing, tooth extractions, and oral surgery. Dental disease can cause much more than bad breath. It can lead to many serious and possible life-threatening illnesses. Below are some pictures of before and during dental cleanings.
