They OVERDOSED my cat with FOUR TIMES the dose of a medicine that was never authorized by the FDA in animals AND should not be given to humans with my cat's condition ( according to the FDA's file on humans). My cat was there referred to UCD for a basic procedure for a manageable and stabilized condition. Not only did they overdosed him but the way they "managed" the aftermath with just the minimum to not have him die on the spot because of their malpractice (oxygen but no nutritional management) was a scandal. He did not ingest a calorie in 4 days they released him into our care straight from the ICU he was a real skeleton, having lost 1.5lb in 4 days ( assessed by my own vet) but UCD denies it ( of course) He never recovered from the overdose and I had to put him to sleep yesterday, 11 days after I got him back. The culprits are: Dr Zacuto ( she overdosed him) Dr Sykes head of service who has not enough honor to handle the consequences of her team's lame job with the slightest decency, the cardiologist Dr Stern who does not hesitate to manipulate information and call referring vets to get his way, the entire Emergency service ( do NOT go there, they don't even know what they are doing and will more likely damage your pet further) with its head of service Dr Hohareau, plus the dean DR Lairmore & UC Davis chancellor Katehi who are 100% aware of the situation - I write to them - and turned a blind eye to all that. Both of the latter did not have enough honor and decency to clean the mess caused by their unprofessional subordinates. Another proof that "Birds of same feather flock together" For the love of your pet PLEASE, I am begging you: go elsewhere! Look at the picture of my cat's UC Davis medical file here attached. The overdose is mentioned on it and if by the way you want more proofs of what is written above, or if you don't trust what you see, contact me, I will forward you the paperwork with Dr Zacuto's own acknowledgement of the overdose. Supplemental note to pet owners: UC Davis had the nerves to refuse to pay for the palliative care after my cat was released and they even billed me with 182$ each time Dr Zacuto ( who overdosed him) was checking my cat, at times 3 times a day!

Love the Large Animal Clinic - SMALL ANIMAL Vet hospital at UCD IS TERRIBLE as far as the veterinarian we had to deal with! Among other things, like not doing the tests I went in for and had the blood draw done, double charging me $115 twice for the same thing (and not doing the tests I needed fhhhh) , not wanting me see the nutritionist at UCD who wanted the tests ... Dr. Bonadio said in reference to me - dog owners were not qualified to take their own dogs Blood glucose. Funny since I test people fine and have had over 70 horses in care; but yeah Im not qualified to take my dogs BG. She said I can catch a pee sample and test for Ketones. I would like to keep a diabetic dog from getting the ketones in the urine in the first place and I test the dog twice a day and have gotten him from 12 units twice daily to 0 by home cooking and monitoring. I have never had a bad experience with large animal. This was my first and last time to the small animal and good to know...

Good experience here. Been there a few times. Just plan on being there a while.