Emergency care from the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center reveals the cause of a horse’s severe colic—and saves his life.

Healing the Veterinary Medical Center’s largest patients requires even bigger dedication, resilience and passion from the service’s team members. 

The award is given to students who demonstrate exceptional aptitude through initiative, diagnostic skill, dexterity, and perioperative care of animals undergoing surgery.

After a devastating fracture sidelined a young standardbred mare, her owners turned to the VMC’s Large Animal Surgery service for help.

After a devastating leg injury, Sonny the pygmy goat is thriving thanks to determined owners, skilled surgeons, and a grant that made his care possible.

Expert care from equine clinicians at the UMN Veterinary Medical Center treated a painful dental disease and restored their companions’ quality of life.