Pet Acupuncture at Jefferson Animal Hospital
in Baton Rouge

At the Jefferson Animal Hospital in Baton Rouge, we offer our clients a wide range of services that help support the health of your pet and can handle any animal emergency. In addition to providing pet urgent care, pet microchip services and pet boarding, we have the skills and training required to treat many of your pets’ ailments with acupuncture. We have a veterinarian at our animal emergency clinic, Dr Larry McCaskill, who is a certified veterinary acupuncturist and can treat many medical conditions that affect pet wellness.

Along with traditional medical approaches, a veterinarian can use acupuncture to help your animal achieve greater health and happiness. Veterinary acupuncture has been around for over 3000 years. In the practice of acupuncture, small-gauge needles are placed at specific points on the body to elicit physiological responses and improve symptoms associated with a condition or illness. In recent years, pet acupuncture has become more mainstream and is now discussed in many major veterinary textbooks.

Acupuncture at Our Animal Clinic Promotes Pet Wellness

Acupuncture has shown efficacy in studies conducted on animals in situations where pain relievers and anti-inflammatory medications have failed or where surgery is not a viable option for treatment. Favorable results have been obtained when using acupuncture to treat certain conditions in animals including:

• cardiovascular disorders
• chronic respiratory issues
• skin ailments, gastrointestinal problems
  
• immune-related disorders
• reproductive problems
  
• disorders of the musculature or skeletal system and neurological issues.
  

At Jefferson Animal Hospital in Baton Rouge, each veterinarian can assess your pet and help you decide whether acupuncture is beneficial.

Generally, it may take several sessions at our animal clinic to determine if acupuncture will be effective for your pet, although it is possible to see results after only one treatment. In many cases, improvements are apparent after a few sessions. The frequency and duration of the treatment at our animal emergency clinic will vary and depends on the animal and type of ailment that must be addressed.

It is important that you only use an acupuncturist who is trained in both veterinary medicine and veterinary acupuncture since some situations may not warrant its use. For example, certain medications can interfere with the effectiveness of pet acupuncture. Owners should consult with one of the veterinarians at our animal clinic to determine whether acupuncture is a good option for their pet. 

Your time spent at our animal hospital with a veterinarian should not always be about an animal emergency or pet urgent care situation. At our animal clinic in Baton Rouge, pet acupuncture can support animal wellness and may even help prevent the need for other procedures. When you go on vacation, you protect your animal with a pet microchip and a safe pet boarding environment. Acupuncture is another choice you can make to protect your pet’s sense of well-being.

Call us at 225-927-2344 to find out more.