The Care
Each year, more than 24,500 animal patients are brought by their owners to the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. They come for treatments ranging from routine vaccinations to limb-sparing surgery for cancer treatment and for everything else in between. For some, they are here because of veterinary medical services found nowhere else in the world. For others, they simply come because of the quality of care they know their pets will receive.
Whether small animal, equine, or agricultural animal, we pride ourselves in treating each of our patients with care, respect, and an attention to detail that ensures the finest veterinary treatment possible. Treatment options include the latest in drug therapy, surgical techniques, and complementary alternative medicine options. We pay special attention to the needs of owners who may have intense attachments to their animals and need emotional support.
Treatment and follow-up are managed through a veterinary team that attends to the smallest detail, from surgical preparations to comprehensive pain control, to keeping clients informed during surgery and follow-up care once the patient has gone home. Quality of care is important in everything that we do, and this is reflected in the level of attention our patients and their owners receive. Just as there are hospitals known around the world as centers of human medical excellence, we are a center of veterinary medical excellence.
It takes private investment to make The Care a reality.
"We have had this ranch in our family for 63 years, and my wife and I have lived up here for 43 of those. Our two sons help in the operation of the ranch, and our daughter is an active stockholder.
"Colorado State University has helped us out in so many ways. In the past, we used the ambulatory service frequently. But thanks to research at CSU and similar institutions, we have vaccine and nutritional programs that keep our herds healthier. We also use the testing and expertise available at the Diagnostic Laboratory, and they have just been super. Most of our good management practices come from advice given to us by people at the veterinary school.
"We are so impressed with everyone at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. It’s wonderful to see the benefits of all that they do, even at a small operation like ours. They truly have made a difference to our family and to many other family agricultural operations that are looking to improve their ranch management and ensure a good future for their children."
Ed Hansen owns and operates Circle Ranches, Inc., located northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado, in the Livermore area. He typically runs between 300 and 400 cows. Colorado State veterinarians at the Diagnostic Laboratory and the Agricultural Animal Medicine Service have helped him to institute vaccination, nutrition, disease monitoring, and breeding programs that have enabled his herd to thrive.
