Dr Lea Stogdale, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM
Dr Stogdale works on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Evening appointments are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Aesops Veterinary Care is located within St Vital Veterinary Hospital
Dr Stogdale will be away during June and July
Lea is attending a conference, visiting friends and enjoying some opera in Europe from June 9 to July 14, 2012
Consultant for Nature’s Variety
Dr Stogdale has been invited, along with Dr Susan Wynn amongst others, to be a consultant for the excellent pet food company Nature’s Variety. They produce grain-free raw frozen diets, Instinct, as well as high quality dry and canned food for dogs and cats, Prairie, and treats. This will involve a number of phone discussions, conference calls and three trips to Nature’s Variety headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri each year.
Aesops now using Hemopet for Thyroid Tests and Titers
Dr Stogdale has arranged for her canine patients’ thyroid tests to be done by Dr Jean Dodds at Hemopet in California. Hypothyroidism is a common but difficult to accurately diagnose hormonal problem in dogs. The most accurate diagnosis comes from combining the patient’s history, physical signs and a thyroid panel of five tests. A blood sample is collected, sent to Hemopet, five thyroid tests are done, and Dr Jean Dodds then interprets the findings. Dr Stogdale is very pleased with these results and interpretation.
Dr Stogdale is now sending her patients distemper and parvo disease titers to Hemopet. The big advantage is that Hemopet reports the titer or protection level not just positive or negative.
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To schedule an appointment for your pet, please phone our office at 487-4744. Please leave a detailed message along with your name and phone number. You will be phoned back on the same working day if you leave a message before 5:00pm.
If your pet is a patient of Dr Stogdale and requires veterinary attention when she is not in the office you may call St Vital Veterinary Hospital at Ph 253-2668 as they will be able to access Aesops’ medical records. The vets at St Vital Veterinary Hospital are willing to see Aesops’ patients, and they work in close cooperation with Dr Stogdale.
If you wish to take your pet to another veterinary clinic, please contact St Vital Veterinary Hospital to request a copy of the file to be faxed to the veterinary clinic of your choice. We would appreciate it if you ask the veterinary clinic you visit to fax a copy of your pet’s record to our office so we may update our records.
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Heartworm Prevention 2012
Monthly Interceptor tables from May 30 to October 30. These dates are correct for this year, 2012.
Heartworm prevention works for the previous 4 – 6 weeks, thus the need to continue to the end of October.
Aesops clients may collect their dogs’ Interceptor package from St Vital Veterinary Hospital — no phone call is required in advance of you calling in to collect the Heartworm prevention tablets but you do need to know the approximate current weight of your dog.
Interceptor is a prescription medication, so your dog must be a current patient, ie have been seen by Dr Stogdale within one year (MVMA professional regulations).
