The Large Animal Clinic provides around-the-clock emergency care for all large animal species as well as intensive care for critically ill patients. These services include 24-hour staffing by clinicians, veterinary technicians and students in a fully equipped, technologically advanced facility
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| Dr. Joanne Hardy demonstrates the use of pulse oximetry in a horse with a cardiac abnormality to fourth-year veterinary students. Various types of monitoring is vital in the diagnosis and treatment of emergency patients. | |
Dr. Joanne Hardy and Dr. Peggy Marsh oversee the new fourth-year clinical rotation dedicated to providing emergency medicine, critical care and therapy to critically ill equine patients.
Dr. Joanne Hardy comes from The Ohio State University’s veterinary school. She is board certified in large animal surgery and large animal emergency and critical care. Dr. Peggy Marsh, who was previously an intern at the Large Animal Clinic, has filled the second clinical position in equine medicine and critical care. Dr. March is a board certified internist and is working toward board certification in large animal emergency medicine and critical care.
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| Critically ill neonates, along with adult horses with acute abdominal crisis, are the most common kind of case seen by the emergency and critical care service. Here, Dr. Peggy Marsh and Beth Scallan (ECC Technician) attend to a neonatal foal with septicemia. |
Additionally, Dr. Francisco Rodriguez provides his surgical expertise after hours and on weekends.
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Dr. Francisco Rodriguez |
The Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital is proud of the critical care and emergency medicine units in both the Small and Large Animal Clinics and, with an eye toward the future, we anticipate this area growing for the education of our students and the service of our clients, patients and referring veterinarians.
