ProxyRx is a home delivery system of prescription medications that we offer our clients  as part of our services, through a veterinary pharmaceutical company. In order to take part in this program, we must have seen and examined your pet within the past 12 months. Through this service, we are able to have routine medications delivered directly to your home! The only extra charges that occur are related to shipping fees. The following charges will be applied to your account:

Regular/Standard Shipping Fee ($8.00)

UPS Next Day Air Saver ($18.99)

Next Day Air Saturday Delivery ($28.99)

All other charges remain the same as our in house charges. If you are interested in participating in this program, please contact us via phone (706-743-7614 or 706-224-3200) or email (drferguson@crossroadsvetservices.com) or fill out the attached facsimile form and fax it to us at 706-743-7614. We reserve the right to deny a prescription refill if the animal has never been seen by us or if the animal has not been seen in over a year. The cost of the medications will be billed to your account upon placing the order. Payment is required at the time the order is placed.

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Preventive Care 

Routine preventive medicine is the most important component to small animal medicine as this allows us to protect your small animals against endemic and infectious diseases, as well as enable early identification of diseases affecting a variety of organ systems. Annual vaccinations, heartworm testing, feline leukemia virus and FIV testing, fecals, deworming, flea and tick prevention, and dental prophylaxis are offered in house. In addition, we offer in house and external laboratory testing.

We offer several wellness programs for our young and adult small animals:

·         Outdoor puppy wellness program

·         Indoor puppy wellness program

·         Outdoor kitten wellness program

·         Indoor puppy wellness program

·         Indoor and outdoor canine annuals

·         Indoor and outdoor feline annuals

These programs are customized to your pet with regards to his/her lifestyle and risk of exposure to disease.

We also offer routine services for our exotic animal clients:

• ferret distemper and rabies vaccination
• routine physical examination
• rabbit/guinea pig neuters/spays
• beak, nail and wing trimming
• avian profiles run in house
• fecals
• collection of samples for further laboratory diagnostic testing

Heartworm Prevention and Flea/Tick Control

We carry the following products in house:

• Heartgard Plus
• Triheart Plus
• Vectra 3D and Vectra for Cats and Kittens: Vectra Products are available for purchase ONLY to clients of Crossroads Veterinary Services, LLC.
• Frontline Plus
• Comfortis
• Capstar
• Revolution

 Nutrition

We carry Hill's Science Diet and Prescription Diet in house and are happy to place orders for our clients. In addition, we offer Purina Prescription Diets, ProPlan and Royal Canin.

Boarding

We currently offer boarding for our feline friends, with the occasional boarding for dogs based on medical necessity. Our cat boarders receive Science Diet or Purina diets or any food the owners bring, as well as Yesterday's News for litter. Cats must be current on rabies and FVRCP and have been tested negative for FeLV to reduce the risk of transmission to other boarding cats. Cats with fleas will be treated with Capstar. Cats and other boarders with diarrhea will have a fecal run to ensure that the diarrhea is not parasite-induced. For more information, please contact our office.

 Microchipping

As part of our small animal services, we also offer HomeAgain microchipping to ensure that your pet identified if lost or stolen. A small microchip is implanted under the skin between the shoulder blandes and can be detected using a microchip scanner. HomeAgain services include the following:

·         Advanced pet recovery services if your pet goes missing

·         Emergency pet center to notify owners of the location of emergency veterinary services

·         Medical insurance for lost pets

·         A pet ID card

Dentistry

In small animal medicine, routine dental prophylaxis treats periodontal disease and ensures that your pet does not have any discomfort with regards to dental disease. We strongly promote dental awareness and recommend that all pets with any degree of tartar obtain a routine dental. In our geriatric patients that may be more prone to a variety of diseases, ensuring proper dental health will reduce the risk of bacteria from the mouth spreading to other areas of the body and worsening any disease process that is occurring.

Surgery

Routine soft tissue surgeries, such as neutering and spaying, are offered to our clients. In addition, exploratory and emergency surgeries, such as C-section, GDV and splenectomy are performed. Eye surgeries include third eyelid gland replacement, entropion surgery and others. Although we do not offer surgical repair of fractures at this time, other orthopedic surgeries are offered, such as femoral head ostectomy (FHO), cruciate repair, medial patellar luxation repair and amputation. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information regarding our surgical services!

Radiography 

We offer conventional radiography with the MinXray HF100+ portable unit with 8 x 10 and 14 x 17 plates and standard processing equipment. The 8 x 10 plates enable us to evaluate cats, small dogs, distal limbs for routine survey radiographs as well as lameness evaluations in horses. The 14 x 17 plates allow us to evaluate the thorax and abdomen on small animals, camelids, small ruminants and foals, as well as perform survey radiographs of the cervical spinal cord and skull on all large animals. Although digital radiography is not offered at this time, we hope to include this service in the future.

We offer routine in-house radiography with our portable until and have automatic processing capabilities with the Ectomax™ Automatic Film Processor. This allows us to process our x-ray films in house.

Ultrasonography

Ultrasound examinations of the chest and abdomen are routinely performed to diagnose and monitor diseases, such as pleuritis, neoplasia, colic and chronic weight loss. We offer diagnostic capabilities with the SIUI CTS-485V veterinary ultrasound imaging system. Our system includes a 5-10 MHz equine transrectal probe for reproductive and tendon work and a  2.5-5 MHz convex probe for abdominal and thoracic ultrasound work. Ultrasonography allows us to assess the architecture of multiple organs as well as determine the stage of pregnancy. Liver, kidney, spleen, intestine, heart and lung are all visualized with ultrasound. In addition, ultrasonography allows us to perform biopsies of various organs, such as liver, spleen and kidney, by visualizing the location of the biopsy probe. In neonates, ultrasonography is commonly used to assess the umbilical structures and ensure there are no signs of umbilical infection (omphalophlebitis), which is a common cause of sepsis in foals and calves.                      

Endoscopy

Endoscopy allows imaging of the respiratory tract, stomach and urinary bladder, and enables us to perform diagnostics essential in helping us decide which treatments are optimal for that animal. Our endoscopy services include a 1 meter endoscope and a 3 meter endoscope. The 1 meter endoscope is used for evaluating the upper respiratory tract and guttural pouches for chronic respiratory diseases and infections, and cystoscopy (endoscopy of the bladder) in mares. This endoscope may be used to perform tracheal washes using a specialized tube to collect samples in a sterile manner for culture and cytology. The 3 meter endoscope is an Olympus Video Endoscope System that is portable, allowing an image capturing device on a 17” HP laptop. This technology enables us to save images of the endoscopic examination. The 3 meter endoscope is most commonly used for gastroscopy (endoscopy of the stomach) to evaluate for the presence of gastric ulcers. This is the only diagnostic tool to evaluate the presence and degree of gastric ulceration and is helpful in assessing response to treatment. It is also used to help assess the integrity of the esophagus after an episode of choke, as well as evaluate the lungs to evaluate for the presence of aspiration pneumonia. The 3 m endoscope may also be used for bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) to assess the lower respiratory tract for infection, inflammation and signs of recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) as well as for performing cystoscopy (endoscopy of the bladder) on stallions and geldings. Endoscopy is minimally invasive and only requires routine sedation needed for comfort during the procedure. The information that is made available to us by the use of our endoscopic equipment is invaluable in allowing us to tailor your animal’s therapy in order to treat a specific disease. Both endoscopes have biopsy forceps allowing us to obtain tissue samples in areas otherwise not accessible.

Internal Medicine

Internal medicine services include gastroenterology, neonatology, neurology, cardiology, respiratory tract diagnostics and many other services evaluating the animal’s general health and well-being. Evaluation of liver disease, kidney disease, chronic weight loss, myopathy and pediatric diseases are services that may be performed on site. Frozen hyperimmune equine plasma and llama plasma are available for plasma transfusions, most commonly due to failure to ingest an appropriate amount of high quality colostrum.

Surgery

Large animal surgical services are limited to field surgeries at this time. These include routine procedures such as castration, Caslick’s procedures, small tumor removal, as well as emergency procedures such as wound and laceration repair. Small animal routine and emergency surgical services are offered in house. Routine surgeries such as spays and neuters, as well as a variety of soft tissue surgeries are performed. Orthopedic procedures at this time are limited but include femoral head ostectomy (FHO), cruciate ligament repair, limb amputation, patella groove widening for dogs with medial patellar luxation and elbow luxation repair.

Reproduction

Reproductive services include routine pregnancy checks, artificial insemination, infertility evaluations, uterine culture and biopsy and uterine flushes. We hope to offer further reproductive services in the future.

Vet-Stem

Vet-Stem, a regenerative cell technology, is offered as part of our services. Dr. Ferguson is certified to perform Vet-Stem procedures in small animals and horses. Vet-Stem technology uses an animal’s own natural healing cells to regenerate injured tissue and is used to treat tendons, ligaments and joints. To date, small animals and 3,000 horses around the country have been treated with this technology. The process from collection to injection of injured tissue takes 48 hours and involves collecting a small sample of fat from your animal and sending the fat sample to Vet-Stem. At the laboratory, the regenerative cells are isolated and shipped back to us in order for these cells to be injected in the lesion under ultrasonographic guidance.

Miscellaneous                                           

Ophthalmology, dermatology, parasitology, laboratory testing in house and to external laboratories and many other services can be provided by Crossroads Veterinary Services, LLC. Dr. Ferguson is certified by the State of Georgia in Johne’s Testing and is available to work with dairy and cattle producers to assess their farms for Johne’s disease. Laboratory profiles that may be performed in house include a complete blood count to evaluate the red and white blood cells, a chemistry profile to evaluate the liver and kidney analytes, an electrolyte panel and a respiratory panel. The fecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) using the McMaster method is performed in order to evaluate for the presence of dewormer resistance. The in house laboratory results are usually available in less than one hour.

For our clients, we offer the convenience of an online pharmacy for numerous items and supplies at competitive prices. Heartworm prevention and flea & tick prevention may be purchased online and delivered directly to your home. Please note that a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship is required to obtain any prescription drugs. Any clients wanting to purchase heartworm prevention through our online pharmacy are required to show proof of a negative heartworm test within the past year. We require yearly heartworm testing prior to dispensing heartworm preventative.