Annual or semi-annual dental exams ensure good oral health for your pet. Clean breath and healthy teeth make for a healthier dog/cat. Specialized dental procedures can correct abnormal bites and prevent long term dental problems. With each dental cleaning, our practice provides a thorough oral exam to evaluate your pet’s gums, teeth, tongue, and tonsils. We remove any abscessed (infected) teeth and provide antibiotic therapy when appropriate.

Our in-house state of the art laboratory equipment allows us to diagnose parasites, bacterial infections, and systemic disease quickly. This assures your cat or dog immediate treatment with medication and a faster recovery. Blood tests for heartworm disease are done annually, usually in Spring before mosquito season.

We offer microchipping services to permanently identify your pet in the event your dog or cat should be lost or stolen. Our staff will assist you with registering your pet with a national data bank. We highly recommend this for the security of your dog or cat

Specialized diet foods for a variety of individual conditions are available for your dog or cat. Our veterinary staff will be happy to discuss diet alternatives with you in cases of overweight, underweight or allergic pets. We offer a wide variety of special prescription diets to suit all needs.

We provide the latest heartworm, flea and tick preventatives to assure your pet year round freedom from disease and pests.
Our well stocked pharmacy offers veterinary medications specifically designed for dogs and cats. Should any medication cause and unexpected adverse reaction we will gladly refund your money or exchange your medication for a different one.

If you prefer to have a written prescription that will be provided, however, many pharmacies do not carry veterinary medications. Also, some of our medications are specifically designed for individual pets.

Pets adopted from the Nebraska Humane Society are given a FREE physical examination within three days of adoption to ensure a healthy pet. All other dogs and cats should have an annual physical exam prior to receiving their vaccinations. Doctors will listen for heart abnormalities, check weight problems, ears, eyes, throat, and general conformation.

Geriatric (senior) pets are encouraged to have semi-annual examinations due to the rapid onset of problems that might occur in later years.

Harvey Oaks Animal Hospital is proud of our modern x-ray equipment which allows us to make a faster diagnosis for internal problems. We routinely do OFA certification with radiography. In January, Dr. DiMari will be certified to do Penn Hip certification also. We are currently upgrading our radiology department with the latest digital radiography, which will allow us to e-mail radiograph images to referring veterinarians and clients.

We perform routine spays, neuters and declawing as a part of our routine services. Every pet is given a routine EKG and blood screen prior to surgery to reduce anaesthetic risk. All declaws for cats are performed using laser surgery, reducing blood loss and the need for sutures. Declaws heal quicker and are less painful.
Look at our specialized surgery section to learn about the many other special surgeries we offer.

Rabies vaccinations are required by state law for all dogs and cats in the Omaha metro area. Choices may be made for the 1, 2, or 3 year vaccine, but we recommend the 1 year vaccine for maximum protection.

Other vaccinations may vary for cats and dogs. These include parvovirus, feline leukemia, and distemper. The doctors will inform you of the needed shots for your pet. Kennels and groomers require current bordetella (kennel cough) vaccinations on an annual or semi-annual basis, dependent on the facility you choose. We will gladly send documentation via fax to your groomer or kennel.