South Willamette Veterinary Clinic

02/13/2025

Greetings, we are now open for the day and our phones are turned on! Thank you for your patience

02/13/2025

Greetings and good morning valued clients,

Our clinic will have a delayed opening for today, February 13th. As of now we are hoping for 10am and will continue to post any further updates.

Please call our clinic directly for answering service triage if you have any pet concerns or questions.

Thank you and stay safe!

02/12/2025

01/14/2025

Dr Violet is coming to Coos Bay!📍

Dr. Violet will be traveling to Coos Bay on Thursday, 1/16, to perform a surgical procedure on a horse that cannot be transported.

We have some time available for any additional farm work in the area that can be scheduled in advance.

Please contact us at 541-895-5665 or email [email protected]

Thank you!

12/11/2024

Hi all!

We have received our 2025 American Associatian of Equine Practitioners calendars and have a limited number of them available!

Please ask for one from our ambulatory veterinarians, or our customer service representatives.

Thank you & Happy Holidays! 🌲⛄️

11/15/2024

Happy Holidays! See our business hours below!🎄

11/10/2024

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Dr. Olson‘s baby boy born late Friday evening!

Mother and child are doing well.

Heartfelt congratulations to proud parents, Farrahn and Tanner Olson!

11/08/2024

We have a winner for our costume contest! 🎃

Drum roll please….🥁🥁🥁🥁

Congratulations to Janelle with Oreo Cookie as the cutest Coca Cola bottle there ever was!

Janelle Cervantes be on the lookout for your certificate in your emails inbox which is valid for 1 Free Wellness Exam and 1 Free Dose of Monthly Flea & Tick Prevention!

We thank everyone who participated and gave us a laugh over the past few weeks!

We hope everyone continues to have a wonderful and safe holiday season! 🍂🦃

11/06/2024

Voting Time for our Halloween Costume Contest!👻

Please take a peak at all our submissions below, the image with the most ❤️likes❤️ by Friday November 8th will be announced as our winner!

Thank you all for your participation, our staff had SO much fun looking through these! We truly have the best and most creative clientele! 🎃

11/01/2024

Happy Halloween from the SWVC staff and doctors! 👻🎃

10/30/2024

Hi all!

Apologies for the late notice but we wanted to share information about this seminar!

Registration link is below!

https://aaep.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=098934c9131c3fad1fa75df6c&id=896ec4fac0&e=d2d2f07c0a

10/19/2024

Greetings!

Dr. Violet and Dr. Willaman have just returned from a very exciting trip to South Africa organized by EcoLife Expeditions in Pretoria.
They enjoyed a similar adventure to Tanzania nine years ago visiting their daughter.
During this visit our veterinarians focused more on wildlife education and conservation efforts for certain threatened species, especially rhinos and pangolins.
Pangolins are an especially odd type of anteater that have green scales and curl up like an armadillo when threatened.
Other than man, they are the only true bipedal mammal and walk with a very peculiar gait only using their hind limbs.
Unfortunately these two animals’ numbers have been devastated in recent years by poaching.

While in SA, Dr. Willaman and Dr. Violet also spent a day volunteering for the HALO project which provides free preventative medicine care for dogs and cats in underserved African communities. Many companion animals there are never sterilized or vaccinated leading to many preventable diseases.
Three children had died from rabies in previous years in the community where the clinic was held.
On a very hot dry day the veterinary team vaccinated over 130 local dogs from poor families.
Even the horse vet helped out !!

Our veterinary couple experienced other exciting adventures including training in tranquilizer dart game capture, placing a tracking collar on an African bull elephant, and Cape buffalo herd work .
They have some great stories to share, but are happy to be back home in beautiful Oregon !

Wes and Kris are especially grateful to our staff and associates for stepping up providing exceptional continual care for our patients and clients during their absence.

If you are interested in supporting rhino or pangolin protection, or donating to the HALO project please contact these organizations or inquire at our clinic.

Thank you !

10/02/2024

Hi all!

We are having a fall vaccination special!

Our stables and barns are beginning to fill again as colder weather approaches.
There are still many competitions and horse shows going on.
The incidence of infectious respiratory disease increases with risk of exposure.
Influenza and rhinopneumonitis vaccinations in particular often do not confer year long immunity.

It is a great time to booster these vaccines, and also strangles when appropriate.
Dental appointments can be scheduled as well during examination.

Preventative maintenance procedures are so important , but sometimes also can be costly.
We are offering a 10% discount on respiratory vaccinations and routine f***l examinations through the end of November.
If a ‘barn day’ for a vaccination clinic can be scheduled in advanced, we will also waive the farm call fee if five or more horses are vaccinated .
( Sorry - routine 10 mile farm fee only )
Veterinary services must be paid at the time to qualify for the discount.

Please contact us at the clinic for details or to schedule an appointment.

Your horse’s health depends on preventative maintenance!

[email protected]
(541) 895-5665

09/18/2024

Greetings!

Oregon State University Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine is holding a FURst Aid Event Series to help equine owners learn practical preventative and first aid skills on October 17th.

Registration for in Person and online attendees are linked below!

https://oregonstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/5017241752797/WN_VkNggKdRR6uzCtFOSE8haA #/registration

https://vetmed.oregonstate.edu/webform/register-person-attendance-furst-aid-recognizing-and-treating-equine-gastric-ulcer-syndrome

08/27/2024

Hi all!

We will be closed this coming Monday, 9/2/24. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Thank you,

07/25/2024

Greetings!

South Willamette Veterinary Clinic is very pleased to announce that we have hired a new equine associate to join our practice.

Dr. Kira Blackstad-Pimental is newly graduated from the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine at the Oregon State University and is a very accomplished horsewoman already.

She hails from Kauai where her family has long traditions with Quarter Horses and raising beef cattle. There is more horse industry in Hawaii than one would imagine!

Kira completed an externship here with Dr. Violet in her senior year and proved herself to be a perfect fit for SWVC.

Her equine clinicians at OSU all strongly recommended her for our position because of her work ethic, dedication and concern for her assigned patients in veterinary school.

We are all very excited to have her here. Please help us welcome Dr. Blackstad-Pimental to our practice and into our horse community!

She will start seeing patients here beginning August 1.