1269 Main St, Glastonbury, CT 06033

Connecticut Vet

860.659.0848

Beckett & Associates Veterinary Services, LLC

Glastonbury Connecticut Veterinarians

Beckett & Associates is a mixed practice for companion animals & farm animals

Glastonbury CT Vet

About Beckett & Associates Veterinary Services

Glastonbury CT Vet

Most of Beckett & Associates Large Animal Services are provided on an ambulatory basis and the doctor usually does require an assistant for farm calls. However, some of our clients do "haul-in" to our clinic, particularly during breeding season.

  • We have numerous box stalls (and a foaling stall) beneath the hospital, as well as several small stalls off the main clinic for the occasional hospitalized large animal patient (medical colic, premature foal, bloated goat, post surgery, etc.)
  • Dr. Beckett keeps several thoroughbreds on the premises along with sheep and llama.
  • We do some artificial insemination (shipped semen) for some of our equine clients.
  • We have the capability to take high quality radiographs in the large animal clinic.
  • We also have several portable x-ray machines, which are more typically used in ambulatory work.
  • We have an endoscope, an ultrasound machine (three probes-one for reproductive work, another for tendon injuries, and small animal work), and also a large animal surgery suite.

Beckett & Associates Small Animal Clinic is well equipped, with an in-house laboratory complete with a blood scanning machine and microscopes for performing cytology, urinalysis, and fecal exams.

  • We have an automated processor for x-ray developing and a dental x-ray machine.
  • Although many of the services we provide are "routine" (vaccines, spays, neuters,) we do provide "sick" patients with in-depth medical work-ups and appropriate medical and surgical therapies.
  • We also do dental procedures and electro surgery.
  • Dr. Beckett performs acupuncture treatments and chiropractic exams on both large and small animals in the office and when required on an ambulatory basis.
  • We utilize the services of several "outside" veterinary specialists when necessary to provide more complicated services (such as bone plating and cardiac ultrasound).

One of the major strong points of Beckett & Associates is the interesting (and challenging) variety of patients that we see in this "mixed animal" environment. Since we are a small practice, our staff members must possess the flexibility to adapt to the situation and be able to work as a team. We generally have one veterinarian and two veterinary assistants in office at any one time. Thus, on any given day one person's duties are primarily that of a technician (assisting the doctor, restraining animals, cleaning cages, taking x-rays, setting IV catheters, prepping for surgery, performing lab work, etc.) while the other staff member performs more "clerical" work (answering the telephone, scheduling appointments, acting as receptionist and discharging animals after surgery, etc.). As might be expected in a small office duties often overlap and a busy day you'll catch the doctor answering the phone and cleaning a few cages.

Beckett & Associates Vet office is open from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturdays are for office appointments only and farm calls are not scheduled unless by the doctor.

Small animal surgeries and dental cleanings are performed on designated mornings and appointment hours vary according to the doctor's schedule.

We try to keep afternoons free for emergencies as well as leave time to finish medical work-ups started during morning appointments.

We also try to reserve weekday evening time slots (usually the last couple of appointments) for "sick animals" (the ones owners notice after they get home from work that really can't wait until morning to be seen).

Doctors provide emergency coverage for our large animal patients on an "on-call" basis 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.