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Banfield’s Active Care Plan
Banfield’s base wellness plan is called Active Care and is available for dogs and cats. Active Care plans cover:
- Exam fees for office visits.
- Two comprehensive exams per year.
- Two virtual vet visits per year.
- 24/7 Vet Chat service (online or via text on your phone).
- One session with an advisor to discuss your pet’s nutrition.
- One routine diagnostic test per year, such as blood tests, radiology or other routine testing.
- Vaccinations.
- A 10% discount on some Banfield products and services that are not included in the plan.
- Two fecal exams per year.
- Two dewormings per year.
- Unlimited interstate health certificates.
- Parasite control (for an additional cost).
Banfield’s Active Care Plus Plan
If you upgrade to the Active Care Plus plan, you’ll get the benefits above plus one professional dental cleaning per year and urine testing. You’ll also get a 15% discount on some Banfield products and services that are not included in your plan.
Banfield’s Special Care Plan
If you upgrade to the Special Care plan, you’ll get all the benefits of the Active Care and Active Care Plus plans and these additional benefits:
- Preventative X-rays (three views).
- Two eye pressure tests for dogs per year.
- Two electrocardiograms for dogs per year.
- 20% discount on some Banfield products and services that are not included in your plan.
Banfield’s Early Care Plans for Puppies and Kittens
If you have a puppy or kitten under the age of six months, you’ll get all of the plan benefits above, plus these additional benefits under the Early Care plan:
- Three fecal exams per year.
- Four dewormings per year.
- Unlimited interstate health certificates.
- 5% discount on some Banfield products and services that are not included in your plan.
If you upgrade to the Early Care Plus plan, you’ll get all of the above benefits plus coverage for spaying and neutering. You’ll also get a 10% discount on some Banfield products and services that are not included in your wellness plan. Puppy owners will get a “Wisdom Panel DNA test” that can help detect genetic health risks.
Banfield Wellness Plans Add-Ons
Here are some options you can add to a Banfield OWP base plan.
Parasite Control
You can add parasite control for dogs, puppies, cats and kittens. Here are some of the options offered by Banfield:
- Flea, tick and heartworm prevention (3 in 1). This includes the Simparica Trio that protects your pet from fleas, ticks and heartworms. It’s a chewable tablet that’s given monthly.
- Flea and heartworm prevention. This includes Trifexis, which protects your pet from fleas and heartworms. It’s a chewable tablet that’s given monthly.
- Heartworm prevention. This includes multiple products to protect your pet from heartworms, such as the Interceptor Plus and Tri-Heart Plus. Both are chewable tablets that are given monthly. ProHeart is an injectable option that is administered at a hospital every six to 12 months.
- Flea and tick prevention. This includes multiple products that protect your pet from fleas and ticks. Simparica is a chewable tablet that is given monthly and FirstShield Trio is a topical that is applied monthly.
Wisdom Panel
The Wisdom Panel is a DNA test that screens for over 200 genetic mutations and detects more than 350 types of breeds. The information can be used by you and your veterinarian to help plan your pet’s health, nutrition, behavior and training needs. The Wisdom Panel is done by a cheek swab tissue sample and performed only once.
