Issue date: 9/13/07 Section: News

For some pets in Kansas and Nebraska that need care, K-State Veterinary Services will travel to them.

K-State's Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital provides transportation for pets that require medical treatment through its Wildcat Express Transportation Service.

The service started in January 1998 to help pets from various Kansas and Nebraska cities receive medical service.

Hospital Administrator Shirley Arck said the service was started in effort to reach out and make the veterinary hospital available to people in rural areas.

The service makes trips to several locations in Kansas and Nebraska. Arck also said the trip to Kansas or Nebraska cities costs $90 , but clients who need transportation service outside Kansas and Nebraska are charged based on the mileage to the city.

The trip fee does not include the medical costs and procedures, which vary depending on the diagnosis, she said.

Wildcat Express makes the trip to Wichita on Tuesdays and Nebraska on Thursdays, Arck said. She also said if clients are in need of pet treatment, special trips to different locations also are arranged.

Both veterinarians and veterinary medicine students treat a variety of pets, including dogs and cats. Arck said the students receive hands-on training while assisting the veterinarians.

"It is a great service, because it helps students see cases they may not have seen before, and it offers care for patients," Arck said.

To have an animal picked up and transported to the teaching hospital, owners should contact their local veterinary clinic, said Patrice Scott, College of Veterinary Medicine marketing coordinator.

The veterinary clinic will call the teaching hospital and arrange a pick-up time.

The animal is then picked up and taken to the hospital for treatment, and after the procedures are complete, there is a recovery time before the animal is released. When the animal is ready to leave, the veterinary hospital will contact the patients' veterinarian and will make travel arrangements and set a pick-up time, Patrice said.

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