Services

Equine & Farm Animals | Small Animals

LARGE ANIMAL SERVICES

We provide exceptional care for horses, and most domestic farm animals including cattle, goats, sheep, llamas, alpacas, pigs, backyard poultry, and companion pet pigs.

Our facility is available for both regular appointments and emergency visits, but it is not staffed after hours. We do not perform abdominal/colic surgery on horses and only admit mild colic cases that do not require overnight monitoring. We continue to utilize high-quality referral partners at University of Tennessee, NC State University, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, or Tryon Equine Hospital for those cases that need more oversight. Systemically healthy horses that need daily care or reproductive care will be admitted to stay overnight at our facility on a case-by-case basis.

Small Ruminant and Pig Haul-In Policy: We can provide the best, efficient care for the individual sick goat, sheep, and pet pig at our clinic and require that they are hauled to our facility.  Farm calls for these species are restricted to herd-health visits for wellness care for multiple animals.

Preventive Care

  • Vaccinations
  • Strategic deworming and fecal egg counts
  • Physical examinations
  • Dental exams, equine power floating, extractions
  • Coggins Testing (Equine Infectious Anemia)
  • Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (health certificates for travel)
  • Microchip Implantation (Registry: PetLink.net)
  • Behavior and nutrition consultation

Sports Medicine

  • Equine Lameness
  • Pre-purchase exams
  • Joint Injections
  • Digital Radiograph
  • Digital ultrasound
  • Veterinary Medical Manipulation (chiropractic care)

Surgery

Our surgery suite is designed for the smaller animals we treat, including pot-bellied pigs, sheep and goats, and young stock under 300 pounds. Common procedures include hernia repair, tube cystotomy for goats/sheep with urinary blockages, cesarean section, foreign body removal, mass removal, amputation, enucleation, mastectomy, pig spay and neuter, and more.

Equine surgery is limited to field conditions: castration and common standing procedures, such as dental extraction, sinus surgery, mass removal, enucleation, and laceration repair. Abdominal surgery and arthroscopic surgeries are referred for care under a boarded specialist.

Diagnostics

  • Ultrasound (reproductive, abdominal, musculoskeletal)
  • Digital radiography (x-ray)
  • Endoscopy (Gastroscopy and Upper Airway)
  • In-House Bloodwork
    • Complete Blood Count
    • Serum Chemistry Analysis
  • Full service reference lab available for specialty testing and pathology

Other

  • Hospitalization for continued medical care
  • Reproductive services: artificial insemination (equine and cattle), pregnancy diagnosis
  • Minor surgeries and castrations; laceration repair and wound care; cryosurgery
  • Humane euthanasia

SMALL ANIMAL MEDICINE & SURGERY

Wellness and surgical care is also provided by appointment only. We provide at-home care for companion dogs and cats within Burke and McDowell Counties (30 minutes drive from our office).

  • Examination
  • Vaccinations
  • Microchipping
  • Blood work
  • Fecal parasite exam
  • Skin/allergy/ear care
  • Flea/tick/heartworm prevention
  • Pain management
  • Euthanasia

We provide elective surgical and dental care at our office, including spay/neuter, mass removal, prophylactic dental cleaning, dental extractions, and other outpatient procedures. Diagnostic imaging includes digital radiography and ultrasound.

Renovations on our office are underway September 2024 to expand our capacity for in-clinic care and should be complete mid-year 2025. During this construction period, we are not able to provide hospitalization beyond outpatient surgery patients. We will recommend you to another practice for any procedure or acute medical condition that may require extended hospitalization.

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