Jennifer Evans joined Animal Care Clinic in July 1997. She is a Santa Barbara native who earned a degree in Biology from Cal Poly. Dr. Evans earned her DVM from UC Davis in 1997. Her special interests include pocket pets (rodents and rabbits), behavior and internal medicine. Jennifer brings a special compassion and empathy to [...]
There are so many interesting news stories out there about pets and other animals, veterinary medicine or other animal related topics! Each week we'll be gathering some stories that might be interesting to you, so keep posted each week for new stories! This week: Human and Animal Health Health of humans and our fellow mammals [...]
Natasha Lilly is joining the ACC team this April, 2011. She is a California native who grew up in the central valley. She ï¬rst fell in love with the San Luis Obispo area as an undergraduate at Cal Poly studing Animal Science on the pre-veterinary track. In 2008, Natasha completed her DVM studies at UC [...]
Written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM Spring seems to have arrived on the central coast! We ™ve got green hills, wildflowers blooming, beautiful weather, and longer days. With spring comes a potentially serious hazard for our four-legged friends that we call foxtails. Foxtails are a term we use to describe the dried up prickly plant material [...]
There are so many interesting news stories out there about pets and other animals, veterinary medicine or other animal related topics! Each week we'll be gathering some stories that might be interesting to you, so keep posted each week for new stories! This week: Human-Animal Bond Losing a pet is always difficult. No matter what [...]
Rachel joined the Animal Care Clinic team to work in various areas of the hospital in March 2011. Rachel is a local from Atascadero and is currently pursuing a degree in Communicative Disorders. She stays busy with her 2 dogs and spending time with her friends/family and kids. Rachel loves outdoor activities including biking, hiking, [...]
Written by Stephanie Ruggerone Airports, big city traffic and SNOW! Such were the new experiences Recco encountered recently when he accompanied Dr. Markoff, Nicole Gunkel and myself to Toronto, Canada to attend the annual American Animal Hospital Association conference. Animal Care Clinic was honored to be one of five finalists for the AAHA Hospital of [...]
There are so many interesting news stories out there about pets and other animals, veterinary medicine or other animal related topics! Each week we'll be gathering some stories that might be interesting to you, so keep posted each week for new stories! This week: With the tragedy following the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan there [...]
Practice Administrator, Stephanie Ruggerone, came to ACC in September 2000. She has an extensive background in many facets of animal care including behavior, training, grooming and pet assisted therapy. Following Studies in animal science and agriculture at the University of Arizona, she settled in San Luis Obispo County in 1980 after growing up in Whittier, [...]
Written by Bonnie Markoff, DVM, ABVP One of the most common veterinary behavior problems we hear about at Animal Care Clinic is a cat who fails to use the litterbox. This most commonly manifests itself as urinating in inappropriate places, but sometimes in involves feces. There is no doubt as to why this is an [...]