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3D CT image of a horse’s spine showing the intervertebral foramen, highlighted with red arrows to indicate its location.

HLA’s Equine Sports Medicine Service Offering Endoscopic Foraminotomy

With specialized training and equipment, HLA large animal surgeons can provide a new treatment for horses with a debilitating neck condition

A 600-pound, six- foot-long, American Yorkshire (pink female pig) standing in the snow looking at the camera

First Dew Claw Amputation Performed at TVFS

Surgery on 600-pound American Yorkshire pig was a success due to strong team, professional collaboration, and new automated anesthesia monitor

Brown horse with white down the forehead and nose stands in a sunny field with three smiling individuals.

Community Rallies Around Rescue Horse

Project ComeBack pairs rescue horses with veterans

Clinical Case Challenge: Horse with Paraphimosis and Anemia

Thoroughbred gelding has rare reaction to sedative

Clinical Case Challenge: Horse with a Bladder Stone

20-year-old Thoroughbred gelding evaluated for recurring issue

Cystoscopy of the patient in this case, with a large urolith seen partially immersed in a pool of urine.""

Equine Clinical Case Challenge: Intermittent Hematuria

History A 16-year-old pony gelding presented for evaluation of intermittent hematuria. The pony was reported to be previously healthy and exhibited a normal ...

Katie Calicchio kneels in shallow water with a dog.

A Technician’s Tale

As the general surgery service technician at the Hospital for Large Animals, Katie Calicchio has no shortage of compassion for the patients—or their owners.