UF Large Animal Hospital
Food Animal Reproduction and Medicine (FARMS)
Faculty and house officers in FARMS deliver healthcare and consulting services to these vital sectors of the food supply chain while providing on-farm teaching of veterinary students.
Services Offered
FARMS provides a full range of services for dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, and small ruminants as well as phone and on-farm consultant services for referring veterinarians. Field services provided include:
Dairy Cattle
- Disease management and outbreak investigations
- Training for staff and management teams
- Reproductive management (synchronization programs and artificial Insemination)
- Pregnancy diagnosis (manual palpation and ultrasonography)
- Infertility evaluation (bulls and cows)
- Breeding soundness examination
- Obstetrics
- Field surgery
- Milk quality and udder health monitoring and investigation
- Welfare evaluations
- Heifer rearing management and health programs
- Vaccination programs for youngstock and adult cattle
- Health certificates and regulatory testing
- For extension, information visit the UF Dairy Cattle Veterinary extension page
Beef Cattle
- Reproductive management (synchronization and artificial Insemination)
- Breeding soundness examinations of bulls
- Pregnancy Diagnosis, manually and with ultrasound
- Infertility evaluations of bulls and cows
- Obstetrics
- Health care protocols, vaccination
- Dehorning and castration
- Disease management and outbreak investigation
- Health and travel certificates
- For extension, information visit the UF Beef Cattle extension page
Small Ruminants
- Breeding soundness examinations of rams and bucks
- Pregnancy Diagnosis with ultrasound
- Infertility evaluations of ewes and does
- Obstetrics
- Reproductive management (synchronization and Artificial Insemination)
- Dehorning and castration
- Hoof trimming and lameness evaluation.
- Vaccination protocols
- Health and travel certificates
- Disease management and outbreak investigation (abortions, parasites, foot-rot, mastitis)
- For extension, information visit the UF Small Ruminant extension page
Swine
- Reproductive management
- Breeding soundness examinations of boars
- Pregnancy Diagnosis, with ultrasound
- Obstetrics
- Health care protocols, vaccination
- Disease management and outbreak investigation
- Health and travel certificates
Our Team
Faculty
Fiona P Maunsell BVSc, PhD, MS, DACVIM (LA)
Clinical Associate Professor
Rafael S Bisinotto MVB, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
Brittany N Diehl DVM, MS
CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR & SMALL RUMINANT EXTENSION SPECIALIST
Klibs Galvão Med.Vet., MVPM, PhD, DACT, DACVPM
Associate Chair & Professor
Pedro Monteiro DVM, MBA, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Fellows, Residents, and Interns
Désiré Crispin Iradukunda
Ameer A Megahed DVM
Ahmadreza Mirzaei
Oscar Alejandro Ojeda Rojas DVM, MS, PhD.
Administration
Kelly A Higgs-Rick
Assistant Director – Equine and Large Animal Hospitals
Staff
- Anita – Assistant
- Shari – Client Service Representative
Emeritus Faculty
Louis F Archbald
Professor Emeritus
Art Donovan
Professor Emeritus
Maarten Drost
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
D O Rae DVM, MPVM
Professor
Carlos A Risco
Professor Emeritus
