Large Animal Medicine Service
Highlights of Service
- Board certified large animal internal medicine specialists
- 24-hour, 365-day emergency service
- Downer cow tank
- On-farm investigations (both medicine and production medicine staff attend)
- Calf problems - treatment of individuals and/or herd investigations
- Foal and calf problems
- Cardiology work-ups
- Colic and acute diarrhea work-ups
- Respiratory work-ups
- Neurologic work-ups
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While many normal horses have heart murmurs, some heart defects require further work-up. At the VMTH, echocardiography is performed in unsedated horses and is well tolerated. The cardiac examination can help owners make appropriate decisions about purchase, use of the horse, treatment, monitoring, or prognosis. |
Common problems
Cattle
- Lameness
- Gastrointestinal
- Herd investigation work-up
Horses
- Coughing (respiratory problems)
- Gastrointestinal problems
- Colic
- Gastroscopy
- Diarrhea
- Incoordination, stumbling (neurologic problems)
- Respiratory problems
- High-risk pregnancy in the mare
- Cardiology
- Lameness
Students
assist while a veterinarian examines a horse's stomach lining with a
flexible endoscope. Gastroscopy is used to examine the esophagus and
stomach for abnormalities, including ulcers, strictures, tumors, or abnormal
growths. An endoscope can also be used to examine upper and lower airways
(horses and cows with pneumonia, chronic cough, or allergies) or to examine the
urogenital tract (bladder, urinary problems).
Small Ruminants - Llamas, Sheep, Goats
- Incoordination - meningeal worm
- Indigestion
- Pregnancy toxemia
- Diarrhea
- Abscesses
- Weight loss
Special Equipment and Procedures
- Bull restraint stall
- Neonatal intensive care
- Nuclear medicine
- CT scan (Computed Tomography)
- Ultrasound
Routine Service Hours
Appointments can be arranged by calling the Large Animal Clinic.
Faculty Members:
Benjamin J. Darien, DVM, DACVIM
Residents:
