Emergency & Critical Care
The Emergency and Critical Care Service at the Nemo Farm Animal Hospital provides medical and surgical treatment to severely injured or ill animals 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We are the only veterinary emergency service in a 200-mile radius run by board-certified veterinary emergency and critical care specialists. We work closely with local veterinarians from across the region to make sure your animal gets the best care possible before, during and after hospitalization.
We offer the most advanced medical and surgical treatments to stabilize your animal and diagnose its condition, and we collaborate with a team of expert veterinary specialists in anesthesiology, cardiology, radiology, internal medicine, surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, and dentistry to ensure your animal receives the most comprehensive care available.
Your emergency visit begins when you arrive at the hospital, you can pull up to the Nemo Farm Animal Hospital entrance to unload. If needed, we can accommodate long term trailer parking in the B lot across the street.
An emergency veterinarian will check your animal immediately to make sure that it is stable. Then veterinary residents and students will move your animal into the building, weigh the animal and bring it to an examination room or stall to begin evaluation. At the same time, a technician and a student will ask you questions about the animal's medical history and current condition. Usually, our team of veterinarians and technicians begin working to stabilize your animal immediately.
Once we make an initial diagnosis, our board-certified faculty veterinarian and resident will discuss the findings - including cost estimates and prognoses - and develop a plan for further diagnosis and treatment of your animal.
Some patients will require emergency surgery, which typically lasts from two to six hours. If your animal requires surgery, you can wait in our surgical waiting room or provide us with a phone number where we can contact you with surgical updates. Once the surgery is completed, we will speak to you in person or call you with information about your animal's condition and prognosis.
For other patients, our emergency care specialists will stabilize the animal and then request a consultation from another specialty service.
Patients with serious conditions will be admitted to the hospital immediately. Patients with conditions that do not require hospitalization will be discharged after treatment with detailed written instructions and a summary of the exam findings.