Animal Medical Center is a "small animal" veterinary practice administering to dogs, cats and the occasional exotic pet. Founded in 1976 by Dr. Richard Baird, A.M.C is the senior practice in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, located on 119 South, Morgantown Road. A.M.C still welcomes new patients.
Dr. Baird performs most soft tissue surgeries [neuters, spays, tumor and cancer removals, bladder stones, dental, eye, ear and reconstructive plastic surgeries, laceration, etc] and most orthopedic surgeries [broken bones, knee reconstruction, etc] in addition to practicing every day preventive health care for the dog and cat members of the family.
It has been the history of A.M.C to consult and communicate with many board certified individuals and different specialty labs on a regular basis. This enables A.M.C to refer cases that need advanced technology in order to diagnose or treat a particular case and ensures that quality laboratory medicine is consistently practiced at A.M.C.
What has changed in recent years is how emergencies are handled. Many -- but not all -- emergencies are outsourced to several emergency care centers that have sprung up within the last decade.
Dr. Baird has always maintained a special interest in dermatology and over twenty years ago became increasingly focused on the fact that nutrition could play not only a positive role in the health of skin in the usual way, but nutrition could play a new role for dogs and cats with immune system diseases such as allergies, lupus erythematosus and others. And, just about twenty years ago, Dr. Baird along with his nutritional technical consultant, Dr. Ray Heinicke, developed the first KnuBar with the intent of doing a better job treating pets with allergies and other immune system diseases.
From the very beginning, Dr. Baird's patients experienced positive benefits: less steroid use and less trips to the veterinarian's office. With the newest formulation of the KnuBar with a ratio of more Omega 3s than