Sterner Veterinary Livestock Professionals is a private food animal practice working with dairy, beef, small ruminant, and swine.
Students participate on daily herd healths including palpation, sick cow, dehorning, disbudding and other routine work. They are able to participate on regular scheduled work from vaccination, dehorning, disbudding goats, beef cattle work if in the fall. They also attend emergency calls as they come in varying from obs, bloats, surgeries from LDAs to rumenostomies. We try to put students with vets each day who have a busy schedule but also a schedule that allows students to get more hand on experiences so they can develop their skills.
7 full time and 2 part time large animal veterinarians, 3 techs and 3 staff.
Chute and haul in facility at the clinic and 80% of the work performed on farm
No radiographic equipment
Ultrasounds
Students will be with veterinarians 40 hrs a week with the option of coming in for a half day on Saturday and depending on where they stay some after our emergencies are optional as well.
Depending on the farm or the task being performed students will shadow or participate. Most veterinary students will be on farm getting palpation experience. Depending on safety and scenario students will be able to participate in obs and surgeries and other tasks. We believe that students need the hands on experience before graduating. We may give students the task of researching a procedure in advance and we expect them to come prepared (surgery, vaccination schedules, etc.)
3366 Clintonia Road
Westphalia, MI 48894
United States