Pet Vaccinations & Parasite Control at West Village Veterinary Hospital

Pet vaccinations and parasite control play an extremely important role in maintaining your dog’s or cat’s health. West Village Veterinary Hospital adheres to general guidelines for flea, tick, and heartworm prevention. In addition, our veterinary preventive care is tailored to each dog’s and cat’s individual vaccine needs and considers travel, diet, exercise, weight, and overall health status.

 Dog Vaccines

• DHP = Distemper virus/Hepatitis adenovirus/Parvovirus
• Lepto = Leptospirosis
• Lyme = Lyme disease (borreliosis)
• KC = Bordetella/Parainfluenza (kennel cough);
  in NYC, this is acquired most commonly by street, not necessarily kennel, contact!
• RV = Rabies

 Cat Vaccines

• FVR-C-P = Feline viral rhinotracheitis (herpes) virus/
  Calici-virus (respiratory)/Panleukopenia (distemper)
• FeLV = Feline leukemia virus
• RV = Rabies