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Distemper in Pets: What You Need to Know

A dog with a messy nose
This week, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued a veterinary alert about canine distemper virus infections in Central Park raccoons and both Fox 5 News and ABC 7 News visited Animal Medical Center to talk about the story. An alert from the Health Department about sick raccoons dying from a

What to Do if You Find a Tick on Your Dog

The upcoming warmer weather brings out ticks. Hundreds of species of ticks exist, but only a few of them cause disease. Recently released information on Lyme disease causing Ixodes ticks indicates over the past 20 years the presence of these ticks has grown by 44.7% from 1,058 counties in the United States reporting the presence