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LARGE ANIMAL VETERINARY TEACHING HOSPITAL
Services
Anesthesiology Department
Behavior Service
The Exotic Animal, Wildlife & Zoological Medicine Service
Field Services
Large Animal Medicine Service
Minimally Invasive Surgery (Endoscopy)
Ophthalmology Services
VTH Pharmacy
Radiology Department
Large Animal Surgery and Lameness Service
Theriogenology Service
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The Anesthesiology Department
The Anesthesiology Department of the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital provides anesthesia services for large and small animals, including exotic animals, for medical, surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures. The patients are evaluated whenever possible the day before anesthesia is required and the most appropriate anesthetic management is selected based on the individual's problems and the procedure to be performed.
We also provide emergency anesthesia service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The supervising anesthesiologists are board certified diplomates by the American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists. We have active anesthesiology residency and intern programs, and trained veterinary anesthesia technicians. Our anesthetic management incorporates state-of-the-art equipment, including anesthetic gas analyzers, capnographs, blood pressure monitors and mechanical ventilators. We are highly responsive to pain management in animals and incorporate techniques of specific nerve blocks and continuous intravenous infusions of analgesic drugs in our anesthetic protocols and during recovery from anesthesia.
For more information on the anesthesiology service, visit their Web site.
The Behavior Service
The Behavior Service offers diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of animal behavior issues for both Large and Small Animals, including but not limited to aggression, separation anxiety, inappropriate elimination, fear of storms, cribbing, self-mutilation and feather picking. Behavior appointments are generally several hours in duration and are seen Monday through Friday. To schedule an appointment, you must first have your regular veterinarian perform a general health examination, after which they should call in a referral.
The Exotic Animal, Wildlife & Zoological Medicine Service
Large exotic or zoo species (including alpacas, llamas, camels, elephants, carnivores etc) are coordinated between two separate services: Exotics/Zoo and Large Animal medicine. The exotics/zoo faculty are experts in non-domesticated species; the large animal medicine clinicians are experts in large animal medicine. Cases are only seen by appointment after consultation between owner and faculty. Cases are admitted and a student takes a history prior to examination. Depending upon the size and nature of the animal, sedation or anesthesia may be required before any physical examination is possible. Total appointment time for an outpatient visit can vary between 2 to 5 hours, depending on the extent of problems. All zoo species must be presented in a secure, locked, animal-proof enclosure within which the animal can be maintained for up to 24 hrs if necessary. If legal ownership requires a USDA license then this should be presented upon admission. For more information on exotic animal endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery, please see http://www.vet.uga.edu/zoo. For exotic animal endoscopy training course information and registration, please contact the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Please see the Georgia Department of Natural Resources web site for more information regarding exotics pets.
Field Services
Field Services provide routine and emergency care of farm animals by bringing the hospital to you (provided that your farm is within a 30-mile radius of the Teaching Hospital), as well as in-hospital routine and referral equine dental case management. Appointments are scheduled by the doctor on call Monday - Friday for regular appointments. Emergency appointments are available 24 hours a day. Call 706.542.3223 to schedule an appointment.
The Large Animal Medicine Service
The Large Animal Medicine Service is the only practice in Georgia that has board-certified large animal internal medicine specialists. We can provide almost all modern technology (for example, ultrasonography, radiology, endoscopy, electrodiagnostics), 24-hour critical care, and evaluation and treatment for internal medicine, gastroenterology, cardiology, neurology, neonatology, dermatology, ophthalmology, respiratory diseases, geriatric, medicine, urology, and any multisystem or ill-defined problems (for example, weight loss or poor performance) for all large animal, domestic farm species (horses, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, llamas, alpacas, and a few assorted large animal exotics).
We provide emergency and critical care and outpatient services (including routine health maintenance, such as vaccines and Coggins tests). For some services or individual cases (ophthalmology and dermatology and neurology), we consult/work with these specialty services from the small animal hospital. Normal times for new patient receiving are Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - noon. Rechecks may be scheduled Monday - Friday. We do not offer walk-in appointments.
The Ophthalmology Services
The Ophthalmology Service provides a full line of Ophthalmic Services including Cataract Surgery & Glaucoma Management for both large and small animals (click here for more information on the Small Animal Teaching Hospital) utilizing the latest equipment for cataract surgeries and diagnostics, including the latest instruments for ocular examination, electro-diagnostics and ocular ultrasound. Receiving days for large animal patients are Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. All large animal appointments MUST arrive 30 minutes before their appointment time for a medical checkup before being seen by the Ophthalmologist. Since we are a referral-only service, we do not offer walk-in appointments.
UGA, College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Teaching Hospital Pharmacy
The mission of the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Teaching Hospital Pharmacy is to provide pharmaceutical services to the patient, and support the teaching function of the hospital. These include drug delivery,drug information, parenteral nutrition, compounding, cancer chemotherapy, client counseling, and teaching faculty, staff and students on a ongoing basis.
If you would like to learn more about the Veterinary Teaching Hospital Pharmacy, visit their web site at http://www.vet.uga.edu/pharmacy/index.php.
The Radiology Department
The Radiology Department of the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital provides small animal radiographic imaging, large animal radiographic imaging, diagnostic ultrasound, CT, Nuclear scintigraphy, and radiation therapy for patients of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Board Certified Radiologists utilize fluoroscopic equipment, computed radiology, digital imaging, sonographic equipment, Cobalt radiation therapy, nuclear scintigraphy, & helical CT equipment. To schedule an appointment for radiology at the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital, you would need to make an appointment with a receiving service (see the above list of services). Click here to reach the academic department for Radiology.
Large Animal Surgery and Lameness Service
Large Animal Surgery and Lameness Service provides 24-hour comprehensive lameness evaluation and surgical care and treatment for horses, cattle, and small ruminants. The faculty is composed of four surgeons whom are Board Certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, certified technicians, and house officers.
Services available include lameness evaluation, radiology, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, and nuclear scintigraphy. The large animal surgery service provides expertise and state-of-the-art surgical treatment and care for a wide variety of soft tissue and orthopedic diseases, including advanced techniques in minimally invasive surgery such as arthroscopy, laparoscopy, pleuroscopy, and laser assisted endoscopy.
Regular and recheck appointments are normally seen Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - noon; however, when possible we will work with you and your schedule. Please indicate to the receptionist when you call if a special "drop off" appointment is required. Please see the "Emergency Room" section of this page for further details on scheduling an emergency appointment.
Theriogenology Service
The Theriogenology Section provides reproductive consultation for both large and small animals. Among those services include the treatment of reproductive diseases, male and female breeding soundness evaluations, medical and surgical management of infertility, transcervical insemination, breedings with shipped chilled or frozen semen.
Appointments are seen Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. & weekends if prearranged. To schedule a consult, your regular veterinarian can call the hospital's referral coordinators. A clinician will then call to establish an appropriate time. If you live within a 30-mile radius of the Teaching Hospital and do not have a regular veterinarian, please call 706.542.3223 for more details.
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