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Pet Health Checkup (for urinary problems or damage to the grass)

Dear Dr. Hadaway,
We are so impressed with your product the "Pet Health Check Up”. With one simple in home urine test we were able to verify our suspicion that our much loved cat is diabetic. The test is easy, the directions are clear and easy to follow, and best of all, it eliminated the usually traumatic car-ride to take our Kitty to the office to know what her problem was.  Since there are two test strips in the package, we each independently conducted the test to make sure we weren’t “agreeing on errors”. We would recommend this product to anyone who loves their pet. Yours truly, Marianne P. and Mike C.

Dear Perfect Pet Products,
My cat, Isis, has been having urinary tract problems and struvite crystals. I used the the Pet Health Checkup to see that she is getting well. I use them once a month when she is well, and when she is sick.  I check for blood to see if the medication and special food is working as it should. I really adore my little princess and love the fact that I can check her urine at home whenever I think that she may have a recurring bladder disease. I note her results in the booklet and use it to see the health changes from time to time. Thank you, Lars

Perfect Pet Products staff,
Peppy, my toy poodle, uses the Pet Health Checkup on a monthly basis and I log all her results and we take them to her Dr. at every 6 month visit. Her Dr. is very impressed with the Pet Health Checkup and said this is a great idea and that I should definitely keep it up on a monthly basis. It is also a great way to ease my mind in between visits. I also couldn't believe the time and effort that was invested when I had questions!  The love for animals shows!  Thank you Perfect Pet Products and Dr. Hadaway.    Debbie S.

Perfect Pet Products,
I can't think of a single reason not to use the Pet Health Checkup. If you love your pet and want to be pro-active in their health care then this is something that you must have. I have 4 dogs and routinely utilize the Pet Health Checkup to monitor their urine levels. Since so many diseases can be detected through the urine, the Pet Health Checkup gives me peace of mind by allowing me to monitor my dogs between routine vet exams. I truly believe, that by using the Pet Health Checkup along with routine vet care I am giving my pets the best possible care.  Marie,NJ

Doctors,
I would LOVE to recommend this product!!! My 6 year old cat(Prissy) has had horrible problems with bladder infections. Before I had heard of the Pet Health Checkup, I had to just wait until she showed signs of straining or accidents in the house! Now that I regularly use the Pet Health Checkup, I detect irregularities before she shows signs of bleeding, straining, and pain. Thank you for my peace of mind that I get by using the Pet Health Checkup!M.K. Stevensville, MI

Dr. Hadaway and Perfect Pet Products,
I was using the Pet Health Checkup to check my cats’ pH levels while changing to a new food. Instead, I discovered my male cat, Clyde, had a serious urinary tract infection. He had shown no symptoms at all. Thank you for your wonderful product and for saving Clyde from some serious health issues. G. H. Grandville, MI

Perfect Pet Products staff,
Patti, my little poodle, has been my friend for 10 years. A friend of mine told me about the Pet Health Checkup and I tried it. Testing Patti was easy, but to my surprise I found blood in her urine. My vet ran some tests and found a bacterial infection, which was easily treated. My vet told me if I had waited until my next routine visit, Patti would have experienced a lot of pain and possibly more serious problems. Thannks! I am telling all of my friends about your great product. M.H. Grand Rapids, MI

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Fecal Worm Testing in Pets

Perfect Pet Products staff,
 I took your report on the worm test to the farm store and got a wormer for all of my dogs. This saved me at least $10.00/dog. After I wormed them I retested and all were negative. I promise you I will retest all of my dogs for worms twice a year and for heartworm once a year using your tests.
Russ W.  

Dr. Hadaway and Perfect Pet Products staff, I am writing to tell you how much I appreciate the service that you provide, almost as much as I appreciate the time and money that I saved.  It is nice to know that I can now more easily afford all of the tests that my pets need. Since I live in Michigan I know that my pets are exposed to alot of bugs and other diseases that they carry. You have helped me provide a higher quality care for my pets.  I used your test for worms and was very happy with your speedy results.
Thank you, Mike Z.

Perfect Pet Products staff,
I appreciate the money I saved on the worm test as well as the heartworm and lymes disease tests. The samples were easier to collect than I thought when we did our usual nail trim. Your staff called me in 2 days with the results. I was relieved that everything was negative especially the lyme test since I know of pets and people who have had lyme disease. Regards, Michelle H. MI

Perfect Pet Products staff,
I just wanted to write and thank you for the wonderful products and service you provide. My family and I have two dogs, both mixed breeds that we got from the local animal shelter. We love and enjoy our pets very much, but found that taking them both in for medication and heartworm check-ups became costly. Your service is perfect because we (my neighbor works at a Vet. hospital) were able to get a blood sample easily and mail it in. I would recommend PPP products and services to anyone. I realize it is always wise to go to the vet if you think your pet is ill, but for the routine tests this service was great for me. Thanks again for helping me keep my dogs healthy and happy. Sincerely, Jennifer Y.

Steve:
I hope all is well with you. Dr. Schantz referred your question to me. Regarding your question of samples that are 2-5 days old. I recommend that pet owners either place samples in the refrigerator (many will not do that) or put them in a tightly capped container(or bag) that excludes air. Samples should be stored in a cool, dry location, out of direct sunlight(until they are mailed). If stored in this way, most stages will not develop to the point where identification is hindered. The problem with egg embryonation is that hookworm larvae will hatch from eggs. This is not problematic if you can identify hookworm larvae (many can't). It then requires that you differentiate these larvae from other parasites (i.e. Strongyloides, Aelurostrongylus, Filaroides, Angiostrongylus etc.). I am presuming that you mean a sugar solution of 1.20 (instead of 1.020). If you do mean 1.20, the answer is yes. However, we recommend that fecal flotation solution be tested regularly with a hydrometer (obtainable from Fisher Scientific 800-766-7000 [catalogue no. 11-542B) to assure that the specific gravity remains at that level. Accuracy is the same for equine strongyles if the specific gravity is maintained. Many equine veterinarians do not conduct routine fecal examination because horse's are usually on well-defined interval deworming programs. However, I agree that periodic fecal examination can be very helpful in detecting possible small strongyle resistance and also in detecting parasites not removed by broad spectrum dewormers. Hope to see you soon.
Byron Blagburn
Professor Parasitology-Vet Med
Auburn University

Perfect Pet Products staff,
     My 5 dogs and I live in southern Ill. where there is no vet real close. All my dogs had diarrhea for months. When one of them started to have blood, I ordered your worm test. Your test showed roundworms and hookworms. I was able to get the right wormers at the store. I thought they were all going to die, but now they are better than ever.
      I don't have a lot of money so I really could not take them to a vet. I retested 1 month later and they were all back to normal. I will test all my dogs at least once every 6 months or if they show any signs before that. I know I should test for heartworm and I will when I get enough money.
Thanks again, R. from Illinois

Dr. Hadaway,
     Got a couple of e-mails today concerning some questions you have about fecal analysis.I've been doing the diagnostics here at the U of Minnesota vet school for about 30 years and have a few opinions about fecal flotations (ancient they may be).I always suggest getting the freshest possible samples to avoid the problems of enviromental contamination with free-living rhabditiform nematodes, fly larvae, etc. Differentiating larvae of Strongyloides, hookworm, and free-living nematodes is always a challenge which generally can be avoided by testing only fresh feces.  Ascarid, whipworm and coccidia are very resistant and can be identified easily in old feces.  Giardia can be reliably diagnosed using centrifugal flotation with ZnSO4 (1.18 sp. gr.). In reality, I see very few larval nematodes in small animals.My feeling is that you can do a reasonably good job using sugar flotation on three day old feces. Rounds, whips, and coccidia will be there and be identifiable. If you do see larval nematodes, do a retest on fresh feces.
      I personally think running fecals on horses is good preventative medicine. I don't know why they are not run on more horses. We are starting to see ivermectin resistence in sheep, who knows if or when we'll start seeing it in horses. Hopefully this will answer some of your questions.  Feel free to write or call if you have more concerns.
Gary Averbeck
University Of Minnesota      
 612 625 7048

Perfect Pet Products staff,
      Thank-you for taking the time to respond. As far as horse fecals and parasites are concerned, parasites will not disappear from the fecal material over time. We have kept fecal material refrigerated for months and still get the same results on a fecal flotation examination. Fecal material that is not refrigerated is also fine for a week or so, but in hot and humid weather Strongyle type eggs will larvate fairly quickly, although the larvae can still be seen in the fecal examination. The only other issue with storing fecal material for long periods of time would be the growth of molds and fungi, this will not interfere with a fecal exam either.
     One thing to note that might be a problem is if the fecal material becomes desiccated. This may actually destroy some parasite eggs. Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is anything else you need.
Ruth A. Vrable
Michigan State University
Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health

Ruth,
Thank you very much for your letter. I am especially impressed by the rapid response, but more impressively by the fact that you took the initiative to write this letter, without a request from me for the letter.
I do not want to take advantage of your thoughtfulness or time, however, we also discussed how fresh a fecal (stool) sample can be and still produce reliable results. Would you mind sending me a short letter explaining that the sample from pets or horses can be a week old and still produce reliable results.      Thank you very much.Best Regards, Dr. Steven Hadaway

Dr. Hadaway,
In reply to your inquiry the other day, the Veterinarians on staff at MSU recommend checking horses by running a qualitative fecal (flotation) exam both before and then again two weeks after worming. They tell all of the students that this is the proper protocol, so they are actually following the drug company recommendations.
Why veterinarians in the field ignore this I am not sure. It may be that the field veterinarians recommend the same , but the owners decide not to follow through. As you probably know owners can purchase horse wormers over the counter without going to a veterinarian. As far as worming horses for tapeworms, because the eggs or segments are usually not seen in fecal material the veterinarians on staff here at MSU recommend a once per year worming for tapes with Praziquantal in the fall. I hope this helps. Regards, Ruth A. Vrable
Michigan State University
Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health

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Equine Worm Testing

Dear Dr.Hadaway,
    I walked down the aisle to get Rosie (our thoroughbred mare) to groom her and there she was in her stall surrounded by hay, sleeping! For the first time since we’ve had her she wasn’t frantically gorging herself, or pacing her stall looking for food! Rosie was a young race horse that was turned out in a field for two years when we bought her. We had little or no idea about her previous care so we wormed her twice when we got her and then put her on our barn’s rotating worming routine. A few months later we put her into a rigorous training program to turn her into an event horse. She responded beautifully and put on lots of muscle, but never put on weight. We never thought twice about a connection between worms and lack of weight since none of the other horses in the barn had a problem. We just attributed it to her being a thoroughbred mare.
      After a year we finally decided to test the effectiveness of the worming routine which is when we sent you the first sample. I could kick myself for not doing it sooner! The whole process was so easy and within a few days you respond by phone and email with the results, which showed she still had a moderate number of Strongyles. So we knew right away our barn’s routine wasn’t working! We have changed our worming program and send out our samples routinely now, which is a small price to pay for our mare’s health!Through this whole process I’ve benefited greatly with an education on wormers and Rosie’s benefited greatly with her health. Her attitude is visibly brighter, her coat is shiny, and she is plump! I want to thank you for providing us with this simple tool and for the education!
Sincerely, a very grateful customer, Cari

P.S. Please feel free to use any of the above as a testimonial to promote your service.
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Dear Dr. Steven Hadaway,
    We did just worm Dakota. He was wormed by the barn vet in April and will be wormed again in July. Thank you for the results. I'm glad everything is O.K. and will tell everyone about your company and how good you are!  Yolanda

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Steve:
Hello, hopeall is well with you. Dr. Schantz referred your question
to me.  Regarding your question of samples that are 2-5 days old. I recommend that pet owners either place samples in the refrigerator (many will not do that) or put them in a tightly capped container that excludes air. Samples should be stored in a cool, dry location, out of direct sunlight. If stored in this way, most stages will not develop to the point where identification is hindered. The problem with egg embryonation is that hookworm larvae will hatch from eggs. This is not problematic if you can identify hookworm larvae (many can't). It then requires that you differentiate these larvae from other parasites (i.e. Strongyloides, Aelurostrongylus, Filaroides, Angiostrongylus etc.). I am presuming that you mean a sugar solution of 1.20 (instead of 1.020). If you do mean 1.20, the answer is yes. However, we recommend that fecal flotation solution be tested regularly with a hydrometer (obtainable from Fisher Scientific 800-766-7000 [catalogue no. 11-542B) to assure that the specific gravity remains at that level. Accuracy is the same for equine strongyles if the specific gravity is maintained. Many equine veterinarians do not conduct routine fecal examination because horse's are usually on well-defined interval deworming programs. However, I agree that periodic fecal examination can be very helpful in detecting possible small strongyle resistance and also in detecting parasites not removed by broad spectrum dewormers. Hope to see you soon.
Byron Blagburn
Professor Parasitology-Vet Med
Auburn University
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Dr. Hadaway,
   Got a couple of e-mails today concerning some questions you have about fecal analysis.I've been doing the diagnostics here at the U of Minnesota vet school for about 30 years and have a few opinions about fecal flotations (ancient they may be).I always suggest getting the freshest possible samples to avoid the problems of enviromental contamination with free-living rhabditiform nematodes, fly larvae, etc.  Differentiating larvae of Strongyloides, hookworm, and free-living nematodes is always a challenge which generally can be avoided by testing only fresh feces.  Ascarid, whipworm and coccidia are very resistant and can be identified easily in old feces.  Giardia can be reliably diagnosed using centrifugal flotation with ZnSO4 (1.18 sp. gr.). In reality, I see very few larval nematodes in small  animals.My feeling is that you can do a reasonably good job using sugar flotation on three day old feces. Rounds, whips, and coccidia will be there and be identifiable. If you do see larval nematodes, do a retest on fresh feces.
      I personally think running fecals on horses is good preventative medicine. I don't know why there not run on more horses. We are starting to see ivermectin resistence in sheep, who knows if or when we'll start seeing it in horses. Hopefully this will answer some of your questions.  Feel free to write or call if you have more concerns
Gary Averbeck   
University Of Minnesota

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Perfect Pet Products staff,
    Thank-you for taking the time to respond. As far as horse fecals and parasites are concerned, parasites will not disappear from the fecal material over time. We have kept fecal material refrigerated for months and still get the same results on a fecal flotation examination. Fecal material that is not refrigerated is also fine for a week or so, but in hot and humid weather strongyle type eggs will larvate fairly quickly, although the larvae can still be seen in the fecal examination.
     The only other issue with storing fecal material for long periods of time would be the growth of molds and fungi, this will not interfere with a fecal exam either. One thing to note that might be a problem is if the fecal material becomes desiccated. This may actually destroy some parasite eggs. Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is anything else you need.
Ruth A. Vrable
Michigan State University
Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health

____________________________

Ruth,
    Thank you very much for your letter. I am especially impressed by the rapid response, but more impressively by the fact that you took the initiative to write this letter, without a request from me for the letter.
    I do not want to take advantage of your thoughtfulness or time, however, we also discussed how fresh a fecal (stool) sample can be and still produce reliable results. Would you mind sending me a short letter explaining that the sample from pets or horses can be a week old and still produce reliable results.Thank you very much. Best Regards, Dr. Steven Hadaway

Dr. Hadaway,
     In reply to your inquiry the other day, the Veterinarians on staff at MSU recommend checking horses by running a qualitative fecal (flotation) exam both before and then again two weeks after worming. They tell all of the students that this is the proper protocol, so they are actually following the drug company recommendations.
     Why veterinarians in the field ignore this I am not sure. It may be that the field veterinarians recommend the same , but the owners decide not to follow through. As you probably know owners can purchase horse wormers over the counter without going to a veterinarian. As far as worming horses for tapeworms, because the eggs or segments are usually not seen in fecal material the veterinarians on staff here at MSU recommend a once per year worming for tapes with Praziquantal in the fall. I hope this helps.
Regards, Ruth Vrable
Ruth A. Vrable
Michigan State University
Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health


 As the owner of two horses whose care I take very seriously, I am always concerned about parasitic worms and the best possible program to control them. Whenever practical, I take a holistic approach to treatment rather than blindly overmedicating or using chemicals. My 24 year old TB has had episodes of colic at the change of seasons in years past, so I was particularly concerned about this Fall’s worming.
    I saw an ad for Perfect Pet Products Equine Fecal exam which made the process of testing for types and numbers of worms so easy. I ordered the tests and received them in several days.  The next day they were back in the mail on their way to Dr. Steven Hadaway at Perfect Pet Products. As promised, I had results e-mailed very quickly. My Connemara tested positive for Large Strongyles only and the TB was negative for any worms. I could now make and educated decision about which wormer to use for one and the security of knowing I didn’t have to worm the other at this time.
    I plan to retest the Connemara in a month to insure that the worming was effective and will use Perfect Pet to my many equestrian friends and hope that more horse owners will test before they use a chemical wormer – both for the horse’s sake as well as their own peace of mind.

Sincerely,
C.K. from CT. 

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Feline Leukemia Testing (Cats)  

Perfect Pet Products staff,
Thank you for the fast results! I love this kit. It's so easy. I will be sure to get the kit again when I retest my cat in September. Tony is about 5-6 years old. He's been positive since I adopted him in 2006. He is on LTCI injections from IMULAN. People are shocked when I tell them he has Leukemia.   Alex W.

Dr. Hadaway and Perfect Pet Products staff, Thank you so much for the Leukemia results on my cat Sylvestor. I am very happy, and I will definitely be in touch in the near future. Take care, Mary Ann

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Heartworm, Lyme, and Erhlichia Testing

To Dr Hadaway / Perfect Pet Products, LLC
I am writing to tell you how much I appreciate the complete veterinary service that you provide, almost as much as I appreciate the time and money that I saved.  It is nice to know that when I am in Michigan I have such quality care for my pets. Lyme disease is a problem where I live and I very much appreciated the money I saved on the Heartworm TEST@HOME. The sample was amazingly easy to collect. Your staff called me within 2 days with the results. I was relieved that everything was negative.  I appreciate your prompt return call to me explaining how accurate your tests are and that you use the highly accurate 3DX tests. We also save money on the purchase of the fecal test to check our dogs for worms. Regards, Michelle L.

Perfect Pet Products staff,
I want to express my gratitude for every thing you have done to save my 29 dogs. I could never have afforded to test all my dogs for anything. Thank you for talking to me and explaining how common heartworm and worms are. You saved me lots of money, but also some heartache. Since I finally could afford the test, I found out that 3 of my dogs had heartworm and realized that they needed treatments. I talked to my Veterinarian, as you suggested, and he agreed to treat all 3 dogs for less than half, if I did them all at the same time. Vicki R.

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