Lewis Animal Hospital

At Lewis Animal Hospital your pets health and vitality is the number one concern in our animal hospital. We believe the best medicine is preventive care, client education, and providing the best approach for your pets health. Using state-of-the-art equipment, keeping abreast of advances and technologies, and our kind, caring attitude is what separates us from the rest.

There was a time when parasites like fleas, ticks, and roundworms were considered mostly a nuisance. Now, however, we know that parasites can cause serious illness and even death in pets. For example, ticks can transmit infections like Lyme disease, and fleas can transmit tapeworms and Bartonella – the bacteria that causes “cat-scratch fever” in humans. Another type of parasite, called a heartworm, is transmitted by mosquitoes. Heartworms live in your pet’s lungs and heart, causing damage to these organs, and sometimes even death. Intestinal parasites, like roundworms and hookworms, also threaten pets and are even transmissible to humans.