Health and Wellness Center Admissions

Primary Goals

Prevent admission of any pet with a confirmed infectious disease or exhibiting signs of an infectious disease.
Any patient of potential risk should not be admitted unless approved by the admitting senior clinician.

All dogs and cats admitted to the hospital must be current on vaccinations for rabies or be vaccinated upon admission as required by NC State law (no exceptions).
For adult animals, evidence of rabies vaccination within the previous year is required.
If vaccination status is unknown, all dogs should also be vaccinated for distemper and cats under one year of age should be vaccinated for panleukopenia.
Other vaccinations may be given at the clinicians’ discretion.
Animals admitted with an unknown vaccination history must be labeled as such and a contact log.(login required) must be posted. They must be vaccinated for rabies as above.

Fleas and ticks – Any animal infested with fleas and/or ticks shall be treated on admission or as soon as is possible, keeping in mind the general well-being of the affected patient and other hospitalized patients.
Sarcoptic mange – Any animal that is positive for sarcoptic mange on a skin scraping shall be treated by attending General Practice clinician. Patients with sarcoptic mange shall not be boarded or hospitalized in the HWC until condition is resolved.