Kleintierpraxis Anima AG

The health and well-being of your animals are very important to us, which is why we do everything we can to make you feel comfortable in our practice. Together as a team and with you, we want to give your animals the best quality of life possible. We strive to meet your personal and individual needs. Our strengths include empathy towards owners, professional medical care, and loving treatment of our patients. We explain the diagnostic investigations and treatment options for your pets' illnesses in an understandable way and discuss the procedure in detail.

 

We care for the following types of animals: dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, and small rodents. (Reptiles and birds only upon telephone request and depending on the issue.)

 

• Prevention

Vaccinations, parasite control, coat care, pet owner advice

 

• Advice

Puppy rearing, nutrition and dietetics, health care, behavioral disorders, travel advice

• Microchipping, health certificates

Implantation of microchips, preparation of official health certificates

• Neurology

Diseases of the nervous system: paralysis, epilepsy, balance and gait disorders, neuromuscular diseases

• Dermatology

Dr . Sylvie Wilhelm, specialist veterinarian for dermatology , offers the following services as a veterinarian at the Anima practice:
Diagnosis of skin diseases, allergies, ear diseases, scrapings, trichogram, video otoscopy, cytology, biopsy, intradermal test, fungal culture

• Medicine

Diseases of the internal organs, hormonal disorders, skin diseases, infectious diseases, immunological diseases, ear and eye diseases, diseases of the respiratory tract, diseases of the blood and lymphatic system, tumor diseases, age-related diseases

• Alternative medicine

Collaboration with Dr. Linda Furter, DVM:
TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) with acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, homeopathy.
Further information at www.akupunktur-tiere.ch

• Orthopedics

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system: bones, muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments.
Preventive examinations: Diagnosis of hip joint dysplasia (HD) and elbow dysplasia (ED), patella luxation

• Surgery

Soft tissue surgery

Castrations, caesarean sections, general soft tissue surgery, tumor operations, bone surgery

Special surgery

Starting in October 2017, Dr. Nico Kipfer, a specialist in veterinary surgery, will be performing complex surgical procedures at his referral practice in Egg near Zurich, including complicated fractures, cruciate ligament replacement, hip prostheses, etc.
Spaying of female dogs using endoscopy
Further information is available at www.tierarzt-kipfer.ch

Emergency surgery

Accident trauma, stomach torsion, uterine infection, etc.

• Laboratory tests

In-house laboratory: blood, urine, feces, cytology, skin scrapings
External laboratory: histology, special cytology, bacteriology, cerebrospinal fluid, blood coagulation, immunology, hormone testing

• X-ray examinations

Standard X-ray examinations, contrast media passages, myelography, breed-specific examinations such as hip joint dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, etc.

• Ultrasound examinations

Internal organs, pregnancy assessments, etc.
For specific issues, we work together with a radiologist.

• Special diagnostics

Blood pressure measurement, ECG, determination of mating time (vaginal smear, hormone determination), fungal cultures

• Anesthesia/analgesia

Modern inhalation anesthesia, sedation, local anesthesia, and pain therapy

• Dental treatments

Teeth cleaning, tartar removal, tooth extractions, tooth corrections

• Ophthalmology

Eyelid corrections, ophthalmoscopy (eye examination), eye pressure measurement

• Inpatient care

Intensive medical care and treatment of animals in the practice

• Euthanasia

Humane euthanasia in a dignified setting, home visits also possible if desired, organization of professional disposal or cremation