Small Animal
The Benetook Veterinary Clinic is a large and modern facility, designed to allow for a vast number and range of diagnostic and surgical procedures to occur at one time. A large number of veterinarians and nursing staff are available to care for your pet, and we have a 24 hour emergency service available every day of the year.
Routine Procedures - Dogs and Cats
- Consultations, Heath Checks, vaccinations and microchipping
- Dental examinations and dental hygiene programs
- Nutritional advice including specific weight loss programs
- Internal and external parasite control - fleas, ticks, lice, mites and all sorts of worms
- Grooming and hydro-bathing
- Puppy School and Puppy Parties
- Mildura Rural City Council Shelter rehoming program at discounted prices - dogs and cats
Surgery
- Routine desexings
- Cancer Surgery, Soft Tissue Surgery, lump removals and biopsies, lateral ear resection
- Emergency Trauma Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery including fracture repair, cruciate surgery (TTA), patella surgery
- Cardiac Surgery - pericardiectomies, pericardial and thoracic effusions
- Gastrointestinal Surgery including GDV, intestinal resections and anastomoses, foreign body removal, diaphragmatic hernia repair
- Urogenital and Reproductive Surgeries including caesarians, cystotomies and calculi removal, cystopexy, bladder rupture, urethrostomies
- Dental Suite for routine scale and clean and polish, and dental extractions
Diagnostics
- In House full compliment of laboratory equipment
- Haematology, Biochemistry, hormone assays, heartworm, parvovirus, PT, APTT
- Diabetic monitoring, pre-anaesthetic blood screens, diagnostic profiles, monitoring geriatrics
- Microscopic Examination - Cytology, blood smears, gram and diff quick stains, fluid analysis
- Post Mortems
Radiology and Imaging
- Digital CR radiology, soft tissue and orthopaedic x-rays
- Ultrasound with colour doppler, echocardiography, pregnancy diagnosis, abdominal imaging
- LED Endoscopy with flexible and rigid scopes for small animal work
Medicine and Emergencies
- Chemotherapy
- Acupuncture
- Blood Transfusions and fluid therapy
- Traumatic injuries such as motor vehicle accidents, gun shot injuries, snake bites, poisonings
Patient Monitoring
- Anaesthetic monitoring with pulse oximetry, capnograph, blood pressure and ECG
- Anaesthetic nurses monitor and assist with all surgeries
- Multiple infusion pumps for fluid therapy
Referral to Specialists for
- Specialised medical diagnosis and imaging, MRI, CT
- Specialist spinal and orthopaedic surgery, ophthalmic surgery, cataracts, lens replacements
- Specialist laboratory diagnosis - histopathology, cancer diagnosis
Hospitalisation
- Separate dog and cat wards, inside and outside runs, outside exercise paddock for dogs
- Intensive care and post anaesthetic monitoring cages in Prep Room
- Large isolation ward for infectious disease cases
Euthanasia and Pet Cremation
- Home visit euthanasia available