Companion Animal Services
Welcome to Meadows Veterinary Centre
At Meadows Vets we are a team of skilled Vets, Nurses and Receptionists. We pride ourselves on being an independent and privately owned Practice and strive to provide excellent patient care for your pets alongside an understanding of your concerns as an owner.
We provide our own 24 hour emergency service, ensuring that when you need us most, we will be there for you. Two dedicated Vets cover our Oldmeldrum and New Deer Branches out of hours.
Our consultations are available mornings, afternoons and evenings at the Oldmeldrum Branch Practice and mornings and evenings at the New Deer Branch Practice.
Nurse clinics are also available during the day for post-operative checks, weight clinics or minor upsets.
We have separate cat and dog wards with comfortable hospitalisation facilities and large walk in kennels for the larger breeds.
New Deer patients that require surgery can be transported by a dedicated nurse after admition to Oldmeldrum in our Pet Friendly Transporter Van.
Our Facilities
Independent and Caring
Reception
Our reception are is friendly, well-stocked and offers a spacious seating area
Dispensary
We provide a welcoming and well-stocked dispensary for all your pet’s medications
Surgery
Anaesthesia
X-Rays
Ultrasonography
Endoscopy
In-house full blood analysis
Same day analysis of samples with the VetScan Imagyst , this machine offers faecal analysis, blood smears and cytology
Kennels
We have separate cat and dog wards with comfortable hospitalisation facilities and large walk in kennels for the larger breeds
Dental facilities
In house Laboratory
We are able to perform same day blood tests, urine analyses, worm egg counts and fine needle aspirate examinations
Small Animal Orthopaedics
From broken bones and other injuries to osteoarthritis Meadows are able to help. Andy and Graeme offer a wide range of surgical and medical solutions to many of the serious lameness problems encountered by cats and dogs
Full emergency cover provided 24/7
Our surgeries include routine neutering for cats, dogs, rabbits and smaller mammals. We also offer more complex surgery such as soft tissue injuries, mass removals, foreign body removal, fracture repairs, TPLO for cruciate ruptures, sulcoplasty for patellar luxations, entropium repair and more.
Pet Travel Scheme
Our dedicated OV-Vets can help you with Pet Passports
After the UK left the EU at the turn of 2021 taking your pet abroad has changed significantly. We no longer issue pet passports and instead, the document is termed an Animal Health Certificate. Please allow an hour for your appointment with our export vet who will guide you through the process.
There are some important differences between the two:
- An AHC is only valid for one trip, so for every holiday abroad starting in the UK, you need a new AHC, and there will be a charge each time.
- We need to know the country in the EU that you are first arriving in, as we need to choose the correct AHC, which needs to be in English and the language of the EU country of first entry.
- We need to issue the AHC at a health check appointment within 10 days of travel and it is only valid for entry into the EU for 10 days from the date signed in the UK. It is then valid for up to 4 months of travel around the EU (but only one return to the UK).
- Dogs need a tapeworm treatment BEFORE TRAVEL to Northern Ireland, Ireland, Finland, Norway and Malta.
- Dogs need a tapeworm treatment BEFORE RETURN to the UK (there is an exemption for dogs if they have only traveled to Ireland, Finland, Norway or Malta).
- The tapeworm treatment mentioned above needs to be witnessed by a veterinary surgeon, not just administered at home! The timing in both scenarios (journey out and journey back) is 24-120 hours (1-5 days but precise to the hour) before arrival.
- As before with the pet passport scheme, your pet must be microchipped and vaccinated against rabies and there must be at least 21 days between date of rabies vaccination and completion of the AHC. A blood test is not required.
- As before this arrangement is for pet dogs, cats and ferrets to EU countries; if you wish to take a different species to the EU, or a cat, dog or ferret to a non-EU country, then the rules are different: please contact us and the APHA – Animal and Plant Health Agency (previously DEFRA).
- And finally, the AHC is a long document so please allow us plenty of time to fill it out, but leave it in our capable hands!
For more information please visit the official government guidelines – https://www.gov.uk/taking-your-pet-abroad
Office Open Hours
Oldmeldrum: Mon-Fri 8am – 6.30pm | Sat 8am – 12.30pm
New Deer: Mon-Fri 8am – 6.30pm | Sat 8am – 12pm
