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River Ridge Veterinary Hospital

6790 River Center Drive
Clemmons, NC 27012

(336)712-3413

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"My Dog was Abused!"

Puppy lays back its ears, emits a tiny growl while looking furtively around and trying to hide, between its owner's breasts, from the scary new person.Client, w ...

Ticks Are Arthropod Parasites for Mammals

Ticks are skin parasites that feed on the blood of their hosts. Ticks like motion, warm temperatures from body heat, and the carbon dioxide exhaled by mammals, ...

Monitoring Horses with Cushing’s Disease

Monitoring Horses with Cushing’s DiseaseCushing’s Disease, correctly called pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction or PPID, is common in older horses, but monito ...

Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs and Cats

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the more common acquired heart diseases in dogs. DCM is a primary disease of the heart muscle (cardio = heart; myo = musc ...

Vaccine Allergic Reactions in Dogs and Cats

With vaccination commonly recommended annually, most pet owners are accustomed to taking their pets to the vet for "yearly shots." It seems such a commonplace p ...

Pannus in Dogs

BackgroundPannus, also called chronic superficial keratitis, is a condition affecting a dog's cornea (the clear outer covering of the eye that is attached to t ...