Veterinary Medical Center

Opened in 1996, the VMC houses the Cornell University Hospital for Animals (including the Companion Animal Hospital, and the Equine and Nemo Farm Animal Hospitals) as well as research facilities and offices. Principal patient-care areas in the hospital include behavior, cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, internal medicine, neurology, nutrition, ophthalmology, orthopedics and sports medicine, surgery, and theriogenology. State-of-the-art technologies include anesthesiology, clinical laboratories, intensive care and neonatal care units, medical imaging, and specialized surgery suites.

Veterinary Education Center

Opened in 1993, the facility houses the main lecture halls and both wet and dry learning labs; both the Irving W. Wiswall Learning Laboratory and the Jerry and Darlene Bilinski Learning Laboratory.

The Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library

The Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library resides in the first floor of the center. The veterinary library was founded on September 21, 1897, with a gift from Roswell P. Flower, former governor of New York. Originally named the Roswell P. Flower Library, it eventually was re-named the Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library in 1992 to recognize Dr. and Mrs. Isidor I. Sprecher for their generous support of the College. The Library’s holdings represent an internationally recognized selection of materials in veterinary medicine as well as publications in the biomedical sciences. These resources support the College’s undergraduate, graduate, clinical, and research programs.

The Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden

Adjacent to the library and Schurman Hall is the Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden, first established in the early 1960s by Dr. John M. Kingsbury with the help of his graduate students, who transplanted in many poisonous plants. The garden is used for teaching veterinary students about poisonous plants, and is also open to the public year-round, with tables and chairs available. Many  plants are labeled with signs that not only identify the plants but also explain their potential for poisoning. In 2014 many plants in the original garden were relocated to the Cornell weed garden on Caldwell Road to make way for a major construction project that removed the original garden. The current garden opened in 2018 and was heavily stocked with ornamental varieties, but the plants that a veterinarian would see on farm, including the toxic weeds, are gradually taking hold in the garden.

Veterinary Research Tower

A nine-story building added in 1974, the tower houses research facilities, a lecture hall, conference rooms, and offices and is cloaked in a glass facade comprising new, energy-efficient windows.

Schurman Hall

A three-story building, Schurman Hall houses classrooms, tutorial rooms, the modular resource center, research facilities, and offices. The 3,500-square-foot modular resource center is a visual library of self-contained learning stations that feature interactive learning resources.

New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Also known as the Animal Health Diagnostic Center, the institution is the official laboratory of New York State and the state diagnostic center for animal disease control. With much support from New York State, the College opened a new building in 2010, dedicated to the surveillance, research, regulatory, and testing work conducted at the Center. The laboratory services patients of the Cornell University Hospital for Animals as well as those of veterinary practitioners in New York State and nationally. The laboratory is accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians and the United States Department of Agriculture and its Animal-Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS). The diagnostic lab also carries public health accreditation for endocrinology and water testing. 

Teaching Dairy Barn

Cornell's Teaching Dairy Barn is a state-of-the-art facility that serves the instructional livestock needs of Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Part of the University's 50-year campus master plan, the Teaching Dairy Barn is the inaugural building at the University's future Large Animal Teaching Complex, a 5-acre parcel that will serve the University's livestock endeavors from now on, freeing campus grounds for other academic facilities. Conveniently located within safe walking distance of campus, the site is ultimately expected to have a multipurpose livestock teaching arena (to include a livestock pavilion, additional teaching barns, and pasture area), equine metabolism unit, and a large animal research and teaching unit (LARTU).

Other Facilities

• The Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital, an annex of the Cornell University Hospital for Animals, provides comprehensive medical and surgical care to sick, injured or otherwise impaired native wild animals
• James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health A world-renowned center for canine and equine research, the Institute includes the Cornell Research Laboratory for Diseases of the Dog, the Center for Canine Genetics and Reproduction, the Laboratory of Immunology, and the Cornell Equine Genetics Center.
• Cornell Equine Annex and Research Park On 165 acres, the park features boarding and other facilities for 150 horses, a half-mile track, stallion barn, and separate brood-mare barn with a laboratory for reproductive studies.

Satellite Facilities

• Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists: Located in Elmont, NY, across the backstretch of the historic Belmont Park, Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists extends the reach of the Cornell Equine Hospital and provides excellent specialty care in state-of-the-art facilities to promote the health and well-being of horses.
• Quality Milk Production Services hosts four regional laboratories (in Ithaca, Cobleskill, Canton, and Warsaw) that serve as an extension of the Animal Health Diagnostic Center, assisting in performing field and laboratory diagnostic evaluations of dairy problems, obtaining diagnosis, and promoting the control of other infectious diseases affecting the agricultural industry in New York State.
• Cornell University Duck Research Laboratory is a research, service, and biologics production laboratory located on Long Island at Eastport, NY. Is is a national and international resource for information on duck production and disease control.
• Cornell University Veterinary Specialists: https://www.cuvs.org/