Most of the large animal services provided by our doctors are done on an "ambulatory" basis meaning that our doctors come to you in a fully stocked vehicle to provide care for your large animals. Although we do offer some in-house services and clients sometimes opt to bring their large animals here to the hospital, the majority of our practice is traveling from farm to farm to see our patients. The main advantage to this is that you do not need to have access to a trailer in order for your animal to receive care. Your animal is also in his or her "home" environment which can help the doctor recognize potential problems related to housing or environment and your animal does not have the stress of traveling. The disadvantage is that although our vehicles are well stocked, there are sometimes medications or diagnostic techniques that we don’t have in our vehicles. The cost is also higher for the client since we charge a "call charge" or trip fee to come to your farm. The cost is based on how far from the hospital you are located so the farther out you are, the more expensive it is. Bringing your animal to our facility will save you the cost of the call charge and we can often perform additional diagnostics at the hospital on an as needed basis rather than taking multiple trips out to your farm. If you have access to transportation for your animal and would like to bring it to the hospital for your appointment, let us know that when you call to schedule the appointment.

    Each of our vehicles has a "box" in the back that holds all our supplies in a neat and hopefully organized manner! We can usually handle most situations including routine vaccines, drawing blood for lab tests to be performed at our hospital or at a referral lab, dental procedures from routine floating to molar removal, reproductive procedures such as uterine cultures, uterine flushes, artificial insemination, ultrasounds for reproductive evaluation or lameness evaluation/diagnosis, lameness exams including regional nerve blocks, neonatal care including plasma transfusions for failure of passive transfer, wound evaluations and laceration repair, eye exams and treatment, intravenous fluid administration, routine surgeries such as castration and hernia repair. As you can see, the trucks are pretty well loaded! In the event that we are not able to provide the level of care that your animal requires on farm, we may recommend referral to a hospital such as Cornell University Hospital for Animals for more extensive care such as major surgeries (i.e. colic) or intensive medical management.

    You can call the office phone to schedule an appointment with one of our large animal veterinarians. Generally since we are on the road most days, you will need to leave a message as to what you need scheduled and then one of the doctors or large animal technicians will give you a call to set up an appointment. We started this system to make scheduling for the large animal doctors more efficient and organized. If you have an emergency or an issue that is of an urgent nature, please let the receptionist know this so they can contact one of the doctors immediately. When you leave a message with us for routine work, please leave an idea of when and how we can reach you.