Kanab veterinarian
emergency animal care

DOGS
  • Health and Wellness Programs, strategic deworming
  • Spay, Neuter
  • Vaccination assessment including titers
  • Surgery
  • Age and Chronic disease treatment
  • Integrative treatments including cancer alternatives
  • Acute treatment
  • Diagnostic procedures
  • Emergencies
  • Health Certification and travel documents

CATS

  • Health and Wellness Programs, strategic deworming
  • Spay, Neuter
  • Vaccination assessment including titers
  • Surgery
  • Age and Chronic disease treatment
  • Integrative treatments including cancer alternatives
  • Acute treatment
  • Diagnostic procedures
  • Emergencies
  • Health Certification and travel documents

EXOTICS

  • Health and Wellness Programs
  • Spay, Neuter
  • Vaccinations and assessment
  • Surgery
  • Age and Chronic disease treatment
  • Integrative treatments
  • Acute treatment
  • Diagnostic procedures
  • Emergencies
  • Health Certification and travel documents

HORSES

  • Health and Wellness Programs
  • Dental
  • Vaccinations, assessment for custom protocols
  • Soundness Exams
  • Pregnancy testing
  • Age and Chronic disease treatment
  • Integrative treatments
  • Acute treatment
  • Diagnostic procedures
  • Emergencies
  • Health Certification and travel documents
  • Strategic Deworming Program

LLAMAS, ALPACAS, GOATS

While this isn’t the bulk of the practice, Dr. Backus has worked with local alpaca show owners and small, local production goat farms.

SERVICES OFFERED

For Large and Small Animals
Kanab Veterinary Hospital provides individualized patient healthcare.  With a high standard of care, your animal will have the utmost in personalized and compassion care.

Access to advanced diagnostics and technology are not immediately available, so it forces good old fashioned basic medicine and hands on physical examination.  This personalized care if often lost in larger corporate clinics.


Exam room is comfortable for animal and owner

Modern diagnostics are available and are used whenever necessary.  It just takes a little longer as samples are mailed to the labs.  We also work closely with referrals to specialty clinics out of the area when indicated. 

KVH primarily operates at the hospital facility as there is only one doctor currently. For an extra charge and schedule permitting, Dr. Backus does make house calls or farm calls.  Private house calls are available for humane euthanasia.

KVH is green.  We:
— Use energy efficient light bulbs & electrical appliances
— Recycle, Reuse
— Compost horse manure into organic gardens
— Doggie do composter on site