Hundreds of Service Dogs Receive Complimentary Sight-Saving Eye Exams at MedVet
CHICAGO, March MedVet is supplying complimentary eye examinations in the month of May to service and also functioning animals as component of the annual ACVO/Epicur National Service Animal Eye Exam Event.
Eye wellness is essential for the safety of the animals and their handlers. This humanitarian occasion gives free eye screenings to certifying officially qualified solution and also functioning animals, and some qualifying support and also therapy animals, each May by participants of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO) that select to offer their time as well as sources. 75,000 sight-preserving eye tests have actually been supplied over the last 12 years.
Board-certified ophthalmologists from seven MedVet specialized veterinary health centers are participating this year, including Adam King, DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVO at MedVet Chicago. MedVet is happy to join this occasion, offering complimentary sight-saving eye examinations to improve the wellness and also avert prospective conditions for hundreds of service animals.
Testings are by consultation only. Registration happens throughout the month of April at www.ACVOeyeexam.org. Tests take location throughout the month of May. To arrange an appointment, call MedVet Chicago at 773.281.7110. MedVet Chicago lies at 3305 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL 60618.
To certify, service pets need to be “energetic working pets” that were certified with a formal training program or company, or are currently registered in a formal training program that offers documented proof of qualification. The training company might be nationwide, local, or local in nature. Active functioning pets include: guide, listening to help, medication detection, rescue, police/military as well as search, therapy and impairment help pets trained with a formal program. Even more qualification details are offered at www.ACVOeyeexam.org.
Concerning MedVet: Veterinarian possessed and also led because 1988, MedVet is an expanding nationwide network of medical facilities dedicated to providing the finest, many compassionate specialty and also emergency situation vet treatment available in the country. Even more than 2,300 employee operating in 27 places throughout the nation are helping to advance MedVet’s goal of Leading Specialty Healthcare for Pets. With this initiative, MedVet serves greater than 335,000 pet dogs and their families and as lots of as 7,500 recommendation companions each year. To find out more concerning MedVet, visit www.medvet.com.
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