Welcome to South Plains Veterinary Clinic Inc.
Dr. Louis Farr, Dr. Julie Slayden, and our team are committed to bringing your pets better health by practicing quality veterinary medicine. Slaton-based South Plains Veterinary Clinic, Inc. was founded in 1964. Since then our staff has been practicing veterinary medicine and compassionate medical care in Slaton and the South Plains area, and is a full-service animal hospital whose mission is to provide the highest standard of care for our patients. Our clinic offers Slaton and the surrounding areas emergency veterinary services in addition to standard medical, surgical, dental and reproductive veterinary care. Our facility enables you to make one stop for your pet's medical care as we have an in-house ultrasound, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology facilities, and intesive care services. We are open for appointments during normal business hours. We are also available for most emergencies. So come on in or give us a call!
Featured Articles
A Guide to Pet Nutrition In 2007, several million bags of pet food were recalled in the United States due to contamination. Though some of the recalls were done by the manufacturers voluntarily to “be safe,” some of the recal...
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Helping Dogs with Low Vision or Blindness As veterinary medicine advances, dogs are living longer and longer. With advancing age, more geriatric diseases are becoming prevalent. Problems with vision, such as occurs with cataracts, glaucoma, a...
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Home Dental Care Home dental care for your cat or dog has the same goal as home dental care for yourself, to remove dental plaque. Plaque is the sticky, whitish film with the bad taste and offensive odor that accumula...
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Pet Insurance Explained As the amount of money spent on pet health care increases steadily at an estimated rate of 40% a year, and as pets become more like family, owners are looking to spend a little more for their pets. Ma...
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Get Down With Your Dog Each year fifteen million Americans engage in the practice of yoga. Many of the same Americans own some of the over seventy-three million dogs owned in the United States. If you put yoga and dogs toge...
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The Truth behind K-9’s and Chocolate We have all heard people say things such as “Don’t give your dog chocolate, it will kill him!” or “Even a small amount of chocolate will kill a dog.” Fortunately for all cabinet opening dogs out there...
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