Small Animal

Welcome to the Community Medicine Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The service focuses on wellness care and disease prevention or management. We emphasize appropriate vaccinations, parasite control, proper nutrition, and behavioral tools to enhance and maintain the human-animal bond. 

Welcome to the Community Surgery Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The service is distinct from our specialty surgery services in the VMTH (Soft Tissue and Orthopedic Surgery), and serves as an opportunity for the School of Veterinary Medicine’s fourth-year students to gain a greater degree of hands-on surgical experience during their clinical rotations in the VMTH.

Welcome to the Behavior Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Behavior problems are a leading cause of pet relinquishment to shelters. Issues such as anxiety, aggression towards owners, animals or visitors can result in a breakdown of the bond between an owner and pet. These issues aren’t “training” problems, they’re deep emotional issues which require careful and methodical treatment rather than "obedience training". We are committed to providing evidence-based, humane, fear-free non-confrontational treatment for our patients. Our goal is to help you understand your pet’s behavior and achieve realist goals which provide safety, harmony and comfort for everyone in the home.

Welcome to the Cardiology Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Our team in Davis consists of three board-certified faculty veterinarians, four resident veterinarians training to be cardiology specialists, and technical staff dedicated to providing compassionate, state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment services to animals with cardiovascular disease. We also have two cardiologists at our satellite facility in San Diego.

Welcome to the Companion Exotic Animal Medicine and Surgery Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. We provide wellness care, specialized diagnostic testing, medical treatments, surgical options and emergency care for exotic companion animals such as birds, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, turtles, snakes and much more.

The Richard M. Schubot Parrot Wellness and Welfare Program is dedicated to supporting resources, education and clinical care of companion parrots, providing optimal quality of life, disease prevention and treatment.

Welcome to the Dentistry and Oral Surgery Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. We provide a full range of dental services for dogs and cats. In addition, other species are served in cooperation with other VMTH services. As all procedures are performed under general anesthesia, all patients receive a comprehensive general medical examination prior to the dental procedure.

Welcome to the Dermatology Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Skin diseases are very common in dogs, cats and horses, and it can be frustrating for owners to determine the most effective therapy. Dogs and cats suffer from a wide range of skin conditions that include allergies, reactions to flea bites and other external parasites, infections, chronic ear infections, skin cancers, immune-mediated skin diseases, solar damage or hair loss.

Welcome to the Emergency Room at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, where we provide immediate initial recognition, evaluation, and care of patients with acute illness and injury, and ongoing care for critically ill or injured dogs and cats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Veterinarians are on duty around the clock to receive emergency patients. Our board-certified faculty specialists lead the team, and provide the highest level of emergency care to your pet.

Welcome to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, where we provide ongoing care for critically ill or injured dogs and cats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Veterinarians are on duty around the clock to monitor and care for patients in the ICU. Our board-certified faculty specialists lead the team, and provide the highest level of critical care to your pet.

Welcome to the Genetics Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, where assistance is offered to help companion animal owners interested in discovering more about inherited diseases, especially in their purebred dogs. Telephone consultations and written reports are available to assist veterinarians, breed clubs and clients with the diagnosis of inherited diseases. There are now more than 300 DNA tests available in dogs to help eliminate inherited diseases. 

Welcome to the Hemodialysis and Blood Purification Unit of the Small Animal Internal Medicine Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Hemodialysis is an exciting and growing specialty in 'high-tech' veterinary therapeutics. With modern technology and techniques, hemodialysis is safe, effective and indispensable for the management of life-threatening uremia in dogs and cats.

Welcome to the Integrative Medicine Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Integrative medicine includes a comprehensive approach to veterinary medicine that complements conventional diagnostic and treatment modalities to optimize clinical outcome. Treatments the Service offers include acupuncture and other methods of pain management, palliative care, and physical rehabilitation (which can include rehabilitation following surgery, paralysis rehabilitation, weight loss, and canine athlete injury rehabilitation).

Welcome to the Internal Medicine Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The service offers a variety of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including laparoscopy, rhinoscopy, bronchoscopy, gastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, proctoscopy, vaginoscopy, cystoscopy, lithotripsy, urodynamic studies (including urethral pressure profilometry), feeding tube placement, joint taps, and bone marrow aspiration and core biopsy.

Welcome to the Neurology/Neurosurgery Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. We specialize in providing veterinary care to animals with neurological diseases. This includes disorders of the brain, inner ear, spinal cord, and vertebrae, as well as diseases affecting muscles, nerves and the neuromuscular junction (neuromuscular disease).

Welcome to the Nutrition Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. We provide nutritional consultations for pet owners, VMTH services, and external veterinarians. The clinical scope of our service includes  commercial commercial diet recommendations, critical care nutrition, customized weight loss programs, nutritional consultation for metabolic diseases, and evaluation and formulation of computer-generated, home-prepared therapeutic diets.

Welcome to the Oncology Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Our cancer diagnostic and treatment services provide comprehensive care at one of the busiest veterinary cancer treatment centers in the world. The services we provide to dogs, cats and equine patients use both traditional and innovative approaches in treatment. The traditional approach includes chemotherapy, radiation therapy, radioactive iodine therapy and surgical intervention. 

Welcome to the Ophthalmology Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. We provide advanced diagnostics, as well as routine, complex and emergency medical and surgical care to all patients with a variety of ocular disorders. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca ("dry eye"), cataracts, glaucoma, ocular neoplasia (cancer), eye injuries and infections are among the more common conditions we are presented with. We also provide CERF examinations to breeders who wish to monitor the incidence of eye disease in their breed. Specialized tests and diagnostics include slit lamp biomicroscopy, gonioscopy, tonometry (measurement of intraocular pressure), electroretinogram or ERG (a specialized test of retinal function), high-frequency ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Welcome to the Orthopedic Surgery Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The service currently has two faculty surgical specialists leading the orthopedic team. In addition, six resident veterinarians serve under the tutelage the faculty, as well as a skilled support staff with expertise in perioperative management of surgical cases, anesthesia, and client support. Rounding out the service are senior students of our top-ranked School of Veterinary Medicine.

Welcome to the Shelter Medicine Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Our goals are to advance shelter medicine as a veterinary specialty through research, specialty training and education, and performance of veterinary service in animal shelters; and to improve the quality of life of animals in shelters through improvements in veterinary preventive medicine and management of disease.

Welcome to the Soft Tissue Surgery Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Our board-certified faculty surgeons lead a team that also includes resident veterinarians, highly-skilled technicians and fourth-year students of the School of Veterinary Medicine. Working together with post-operative support staff and board-certified veterinary anesthetists, this team provides cutting-edge surgical procedures.

Welcome to the Theriogenology Service at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, where we provide a wide array of canine and feline reproductive offerings, including ovulation timing, breeding management, artificial insemination, transcervical insemination, pregnancy evaluation, obstetrics, and pre-breeding and infertility evaluations.