Vaughan Large Animal Hospital: The region’s best care for horses, farm animals
It was the middle of winter, and a pregnant goat named Storm was under the weather.
“Storm began ‘laying around’ this past January into early February,” said her owner Lybbi Epperson. “We thought she was just ‘overly pregnant’ and tired, but when things progressed daily, we knew she was sick. After a quick assessment and ketone check, we realized she had pregnancy toxemia.”
While the hospital is a life-saving resource for farmers and equine owners, it’s also a top-notch training facility for the next generation of veterinarians.
When Epperson was unable to stabilize Storm at her home in rural Lee County, Alabama, she rushed her to the Vaughan Large Animal Teaching Hospital, part of Auburn’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). A veterinarian and CVM graduate herself, Epperson knows the Vaughan Large Animal Teaching Hospital is where farmers and equine owners from Alabama, Georgia and the Florida panhandle go when they have sick animals.
The hospital offers 24-hour emergency and critical care for both horses and farm animals, including cattle, goats, sheep, alpacas, llamas and pigs.