Large Animal Clinic

Welcome to the Equine Field Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Continuing a long-standing service to our local communities, we regularly provide on-site care for horses at their stable, ranch or farm. Faculty and resident veterinarians in the Equine Field Service provide scheduled and emergency care through a 24-hour mobile veterinary practice within a defined local area that stretches from Vacaville to West Sacramento to Capay.

Welcome to the Equine Integrative Sports Medicine Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. This service can determine what condition may be causing your horse’s poor athletic performance. This service is directed towards sports medicine and lameness and incorporates routine lameness work-ups, diagnostics and treatments in addition to complementary modalities including acupuncture, chiropractic, saddle fit, laser therapy and rehabilitation.

Welcome to the Equine Medical Emergency, Critical Care and Neonatology Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. A fully-staffed surgical team, including board-certified surgeons and anesthesiologists, is on stand-by 24-hours/day for surgical emergencies. Specialists in other disciplines such as orthopedics, neurology, reproduction, ophthalmology and cardiology are always available to assist in the diagnosis and management of multi-system disease or complicated conditions.

Welcome to the Equine Internal Medicine and Dentistry Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Every day, the board-certified experts at the Large Animal Clinic see dozens of horses. Our team approach to patient care focuses on the goal of providing the highest standard of compassionate veterinary care to ill or injured horses. Veterinary professionals at the VMTH are dedicated to providing a broad range of advanced treatments to horse owners, while simultaneously training future veterinary practitioners and specialists.

Welcome to the Equine Ophthalmology Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Our team of ophthalmology specialists are dedicated to providing the highest level of equine eye care. The Service provides advanced diagnostics, as well as routine, complex and emergency medical and surgical care to horses with a variety of ocular disorders, including corneal ulcers, corneal and eyelid cancer, equine recurrent uveitis, cataracts, and glaucoma. Whether you are a horse owner, a referring equine veterinarian, or an ophthalmology specialist yourself, our Service is here to help you with procedures ranging from a routine eye examination to a complex surgery.

Welcome to the Equine Reproduction Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Services provided for mares include diagnostic work-ups on infertile mares, artificial insemination, ultrasonographic pregnancy diagnosis, twin reduction, pregnant mare care, obstetrics, and foaling management. In addition, our clinicians manage mares experiencing dystocia (difficult foaling), working in close collaboration with veterinarians specializing in surgery, neonatology, critical patient care and anesthesia.

Welcome to the Equine Surgery and Lameness Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. We offer a wide range of soft tissue and orthopedic diagnostic, surgical and other therapeutic options for horses, including lameness evaluation and diagnosis, general surgical procedures, minimally-invasive surgery, general and advanced orthopedic surgery and advanced fracture repair.

Welcome to the Equine Emergency Surgery and Critical Care Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The service is dedicated to emergency and critical care needs of equine patients. The service provides 24-hour access to specialized emergency surgery and intensive care management of colic, trauma, and orthopedic emergencies. The integration of experienced and knowledgeable clinicians, veterinary technicians and students in a fully equipped and technologically advanced facility raises the standard of care for these critically-ill horses.

Welcome to the Camelid Medicine Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. A dedicated team of professionals in the VMTH's Large Animal Clinic provide a wide range of advanced clinical activities and procedures for camelids (llamas and alpacas). The team is comprised of board-certified faculty veterinarians, resident veterinarians who are training to be specialists under the faculty’s tutelage, highly-trained technicians and patient care specialists, as well as senior students of the top-ranked UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Together, this team will work together to achieve the optimal outcome for your camelid’s needs.

Welcome to the Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The service is multi-faceted, providing both in-house and ambulatory services to dairies, ranches and breeding operations within the greater Davis area. A team of specialists and residents is available for appointments and consultations in a variety of areas.

Welcome to the Livestock Medicine Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The service can assist with any health crisis that may arise with your animal. The VMTH’s advanced diagnostic laboratories allow for rapid test results and imaging services that include radiography, ultrasound, endoscopy, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Should hospitalization or surgery for your animal be needed, rest assured that the service is available 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week. Our faculty veterinarians are some of the leading livestock practitioners in the world who succeed in treating some of the most complicated cases in livestock medicine.

Welcome to the Dairy Production Medicine Service, which is housed at the UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Teaching & Research Center in Tulare. This program trains approximately 40 senior veterinary students per year. Students spend from two to eight weeks in structured training programs focusing on dairy cattle reproduction, milk quality and udder health, calf health, nutrition, and preventive medicine.