Surgery Service

Our Services

The Farm Animal Surgery Section at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Ohio State provides complete state-of-the-art reproductive consultation on farm animal clients (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and alternative livestock such as llamas, alpacas and deer).

Service Highlights

• Orthopedic
  • Fractures, arthroscopy, arthrotomy, bone infections, sequestrectomy, etc)
• Gastrointestinal
  • Displaced abomasum, umbilical hernia, small intestine, large intestine, rumenotomy, liver abscess, kidney – nephrectomy, laparoscopy, etc.
• Reproductive
  • C-section, overiectomy, castration, unilatral castration, inguinal hernia, scrotal hernia, uterine biopsy, ovariohysterectomy, vasectomy, prenile/prenuptial translocation, penopexy, epididymectomy, etc.
• Respiratory
  • Tracheotomy, laryngoplasty, thoracotomy, thoroscopy, sinusotomy, soft palate repair, hard palate repair, pericardiotomy, pericardectomy, pericardiostomy, etc.
• Head and neck
  • Dehorning, dentistry, tooth abscess, wrynose, choanal atresia, chonchal cysts, nasal adenocarcinoma, lymph nodes excision – caseous lymphadenitis, etc.
• Neurology
  • Spine fusions, spine fractures, craniotomy, hydrocephalus, etc.

Appointments & Office Hours

• Office hours: 10am – 4pm , Monday – Friday
• Appointments strongly recommended.
• For an appointment: (614) 292-6661, Ext. 1
• Emergency service: 24 hrs/day, 7 days/week, 365 days/year
• After-hour emergencies before midnight : (614) 292-6661
• Emergencies between 12 midnight and 8am: (614) 292-6661

Clinicians

Senior Faculty

• D. Michael Rings, DVM , MS , DACVIM
• Walter Threlfall, DVM, PHD, DACT
• Jeff Lakritz, DVM, PHD, DACVIM, Section Head
• Andrew Niehaus, DVM

Residents

• Christian Gerspach, DVM
• Anita Varga, DVM

Interns

• Austin Hinds, DVM
• Suzie Vogel, DVM

Veterinary Technicians

• William C. Cox, AHT
• Missy Tong, RVT
• David Fredrick, RVT

Payment

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