Patients

For 20-plus years, the Cassidys have entrusted their care to the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine’s (CVM) Veterinary Medical Center (VMC).

Veterinary technicians share their stories

Donor support elevates diagnostic imaging technology at the Leatherdale Equine Center to match the level of care its equine experts deliver

Generosity strengthens The Raptor Center’s high-quality intensive care medicine with new lifesaving equipment

Mary Austin says spending time with her miniature donkey, Hardy Davidson, melts her cares away. Austin adopted 15-year-old Hardy just under a year ago. The two became fast friends and even developed a greeting: Hardy welcomes Austin to his paddock with enthusiastic braying.

Thanks to the veterinarians at University of Minnesota's Leatherdale Equine Center (LEC), Kota was able to go home a week and a half after being admitted and was back to behaving like a normal, healthy foal.

In July 2018, Annette Hakala began fostering a sweet female pit bull mix who was full of surprises—four, to be exact.

Worried a previous injury had healed incorrectly, Trudy Kirk and Krista Anderson brought Lilith to the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine’s (CVM) Veterinary Medical Center (VMC) where she was assessed by Stephanie Goldschmidt, BVM&S, DAVDC, assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, and the VMC’s Dentistry and Oral Surgery Service team.