Welcome to The University of Florida Veterinary Medical Center

The University of Florida Veterinary Medical Center (UFVMC) is an integral part of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, serving as a major animal referral center for the entire Southeast. The UFVMC includes both Small Animal Hospital and the Large Animal Hospital, each of which functions under the direction of a chief of staff and an associate chief of staff.

The UF Veterinary Medical Center has new phone numbers Please note, phone numbers to reach the Small and Large Animal Hospitals have been changed and are effective immediately:

Small Animal Hospital
(352) 392-2235

Large Animal Hospital
(352) 392-2229

About Us

Approximately 15,000 dogs, cats, rabbits, birds and iguanas, among other species, are admitted or treated at the Small Animal Hospital each year. About 4,000 horses are admitted or treated at the Large Animal Hospital each year. Approximately 1,000 farm animals, such as beef and dairy cattle, are seen and treated in their home farm environments by veterinarians associated with the Large Animal Hospital’s Food Animal Reproduction and Medicine Service (FARMS).

On any given day at our teaching hospital, veterinary students performing their clinical rotations are exposed to a wide range of services including: small animal medicine, small animal surgery, dermatology, cardiology, large animal medicine, large animal surgery, anesthesiology, clinical microbiology/parasitology, clinical pathology, anatomical pathology, surgical pathology, neurology, ophthalmology, reproduction, food animal reproduction and medicine, and wildlife and zoological medicine.

The UFVMC’s primary missions are:

  • To provide a clinical teaching forum for the clinical component of the veterinary curriculum.
  • To function as a secondary and tertiary referral center for the treatment of pets, horses, livestock, exotic animals and wildlife in Florida and in the Southeastern United States.
  • To provide routine health care for a nucleus of clients to prepare veterinary students for practice.
  • To provide consultations to practicing veterinarians, individual animal owners and producers’ groups.
  • To provide a training environment for residents and interns.
  • To support the college’s overall teaching, research and service programs.