2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996 PHONE: 865-974-8387 | FAX: 865-974-0174

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JOHN & ANN TICKLE SMALL ANIMAL HOSPITAL

Service Highlights ANESTHESIA • Board certified Anesthesiologists and Veterinary Technician Specialist • Sedation and pain management services and consultation, patient evaluation, and support • Advanced anesthetic procedures: regional blocks, neuromuscular blockade, catheterization, monitoring,

anesthesia for critically ill and traumatized patients BEHAVIOR • Board certified Behaviorist and Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) Management of aggression,

anxiety, compulsive, and elimination behaviors Management of cognitive dysfunction • Assist in preventing behavioral problems in a new pet and training

CARDIOLOGY • Board certified Cardiologists • Echocardiography, ECG, digital thoracic radiography • Interventional cardiology including pacemaker placement, ductal occlusion, balloon dilation valvuloplasty,

and heartworm retrieval • Holter and event monitors

DERMATOLOGY • Board certified Dermatologists • Advanced diagnostics such as intradermal allergy testing, skin biopsy and culture and otoscopy, Diagnosis

and management of complicated infectious, allergic, and auto-immune skin conditions New treatments for otitis and allergic skin disease

• Laser ablation therapy for interdigital folliculitis and furunculosis, as well as feline cyst adenomas EMERGENCY / CRITICAL CARE / ICU • Board certified Criticalists and Veterinary Technician Specialists 24/7/365 care and monitoring of critically ill animals • Wireless telemetry system, continuous Invasive and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring, continuous

multiparameter monitoring, including central venous pressure, end tidal carbon dioxide • Transfusion Medicine: packed red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma, human albumin, cryoprecipitate,

platelet rich plasma • Colloid Oncotic Pressure monitoring • Critical Care ventilators with 1 on 1 nursing care

INTERNAL MEDICINE • Board certified Internists • Endoscopy (GI, respiratory, urinary), laparoscopy and thoracoscopy • Laser lithotripsy, urethral and ureteral stents, mini-laparoscopic cystotomy for stones, intra-arterial chemotherapy

delivery and tumor embolization • Continuous interstitial glucose monitoring Intragastric pH monitoring

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NEUROLOGY • Board certified Neurologists • Nerve conduction testing, electromyography, electroencephalography, brainstem auditory evoked potential testing • Cerebrospinal fluid collection and analysis • Management of seizures and epilepsy, hydrocephalous, intervertebral disk disease, spinal and brain tumors, spinal

fractures, cervical spondylopathy, lumbosacral disease, vestibular disease NUTRITION • Board certified Nutritionists and Veterinary Technician Specialist • Consultations for nutritional plans and homemade diets, parenteral nutrition formulation and compounding • In-patient weight loss camp for obese patients and out-patient weight loss program • Body composition and bone mineral density using DEXA

ONCOLOGY AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY • Board certified Oncologists • Linear accelerator for advanced radiation therapy including intensity modulated radiation therapy Patient-centered

chemotherapy and unique clinical trials • Hyperthermia

OPHTHALMOLOGY • Board certified Ophthalmologists • Medical therapy and diagnostics for both external and intraocular diseases • Electroretinography, slit lamp biomicroscopy, applanation tonometry, indirect and direct ophthalmoscopy,

ocular ultrasonography • Phacoemulsification surgery for cataracts, laser surgery, glaucoma surgery, eyelid surgeries, surgery for

lens luxation, diamond burr and grid keratotomy, cryoepilation, conjunctival/collagen grafts for corneal disease, parotid duct transposition

• Genetic (OFA) screenings for ophthalmic disease OUTPATIENT IMAGING SERVICE / VETERINARY IMAGING SERVICE • Outpatient MRI and CT

RADIOLOGY AND VETERINARY IMAGING SERVICE • Board certified Radiologists • Diagnostic radiology, including fluoroscopy and contrast radiography (e.g. esophagography, cystourethrography) • Ultrasound including color flow Doppler High field, large bore MRI • 40 slice Multidetector CT with 3-D reconstruction Nuclear medicine • Radioactive iodine therapy for feline hyperthyroidism

REHABILITATION AND PHYSICAL THERAPY – CARES • Board certified specialists in Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation In-hospital and out-patient physical

therapy and rehabilitation • Aquatic therapy, therapeutic laser, extracorporeal shockwave therapy, therapeutic ultrasound, neuromuscular

electrical stimulation, hyperbaric oxygen • Biologic therapies, including stem cell and platelet rich plasma Advanced gait analysis and kinematics

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SURGERY – SOFT TISSUE • Board certified Surgeons and Veterinary Technician Specialist • Laparoscopy and thoracoscopy, tracheal and urethral stents, intrahepatic and extrahepatic portosystemic shunt

surgery, pacemaker implantation, urethral hydraulic occluder and subcutaneous ureteral bypass placement • Advanced wound reconstruction, advanced oncologic surgery, negative pressure wound therapy Biosurgery,

hyperbaric oxygen, vascular sealing device for major mass excisional surgery SURGERY – ORTHOPEDIC • Board certified Surgeons Arthroscopy • Fracture repair including internal and external fixation systems, total or partial joint replacements, Advanced surgeries

including sliding humeral osteotomy, proximal abducting ulnar osteotomy, biceps ulnar release procedure, canine unicompartmental elbow, triple pelvic osteotomy, tibial tuberosity advancement, tibial wedge osteotomy

• Regenerative medicine including grafting and stem cell therapy AVIAN, EXOTICS, AND ZOOLOGICAL MEDICINE • Board certified individuals in ABVP (Avian and Exotic Companion Mammals), Herpetological, and Zoological Medicine • Medical and surgical management of pet birds and backyard poultry, companion mammals (ferrets, rabbits, guinea

pigs, hamsters, chinchillas, rats), reptiles, and captive and free ranging wildlife species

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