Latrobe Vet Morwell Clinic Services & Facilities

Small animal consultations are available by appointment, during clinic opening hours. This time with the vet includes a full health examination to assess any ailments your pet has. In some cases, further work up of the case may be necessary, such as blood tests, ultrasound, x-ray, hospitalisation or even surgical correction. It may be found that medications are required for your pet, which can be dispensed during this time from our comprehensive pharmacy.
Consultation times may be arranged whenever you think there is a problem, or for routine check ups.
We strongly recommend that your pet should be examined once a year to pick up subtle problems you may not know about, before they become serious. For pets over 10 years old, a 6 monthly check is recommended.

House Calls for Small Animals

We offer a house call service for established clients within clinic hours, where the situation requires it, but it is nearly always preferable for small animals to come to our well-equipped clinics, where there are plenty of staff available to assist. We do understand that certain situations, such as having to put your pet to sleep, would be more comfortable at home, therefore we are more than happy to come to you for this service.

Large Animal Property Calls
The Latrobe Veterinary Group ceased providing routine and emergency property calls for large animals in February 2007 to focus on our core area of quality small animal practice. Dr Kate Haines continues to provide equine chiropractic service throughout Gippsland – contact either clinic for further information.

General Surgery - including Desexing
Our clinics are equipped to carry out all routine and many of the more unusual veterinary surgical procedures and our veterinary surgeons have years of experience under their belts. We are committed to making surgical desexing as affordable as possible for the community – enquire about our Special Desexing Days, every Tuesday

Dentistry
Dr Kay Mitchell has a particular interest in Veterinary Dentistry and we perform many routine dental procedures. There is growing evidence of the wide health benefits of good pet dental health, and we strongly recommend feeding raw bones to every pet to promote this. Should dental problems develop though, it is best to deal with them as soon as possible to prevent health complications such as heart & kidney disease or a mouth full of rotton, painful teeth. A quick anaesthetic, scale & polish will prevent a lot of problems. Every pet’s mouth should be thoroughly checked at least every year to assess dental health.

Although we can handle the vast majority of conditions within our clinics, some cases such as eye surgery, spinal surgery and other complex cases are best dealt with by registered Veterinary Specialists in these fields. We willingly offer and organise referrals to specialists for complicated, unresponsive or difficult cases.
Dr Kate Haines often receives referrals from other veterinarians for veterinary chiropractic care or acupuncture and Dr Amanda Rhodes-Andrew also receives referrals for complex surgical cases.