Camelid Medicine Service

Camelid Medicine Service

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.

Clinical Activities and Procedures

The Camelid Medicine Service has a wide range of clinical activities and procedures available to camelid owners and ranchers. From routine maintenance to advanced surgical procedures, the Large Animal Clinic is able to assist your camelids.

Routine procedures provided by the Camelid Medicine Service include:

• Vaccinations
• Dewormings
• Castrations
• Toenail trimmings

Advanced procedures provided by the Camelid Medicine Service include:

• Cria Medicine
• Critical and Intensive Care
• Dentistry
• Emergency Care
• Lameness Evaluation
• Medicine
• Reproduction
• Surgery

The Camelid Medicine Service allows SVM students the opportunity to gain valuable experience in handling and treating llamas and alpacas. With the majority of large animal cases seen by students being horses and cows, the opportunity to work with camelids is a unique and important experience for our soon-to-be veterinarians.

Faculty

Julie Dechant, DVM, MS, DACVS, DACVECC
Professor
Assistant Director - Small Animal Clinic