SPECIAL CARE FOR YOUR LIVESTOCK
WELCOME TO UVS
Valerie Baumgart
Dr. Val resides in New London, WI where she and her family raise registered Simmental cattle. Val attended veterinary school at the University of Wisconsin and joined United Veterinary Service upon graduation in 2014. She is passionate about dairy production medicine and finds joy in providing valuable services.
Cole Anderson
Cole is a 2019 graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. Cole enjoys all aspects of dairy production medicine, especially calf health and lung ultrasound, herd fertility and reproduction, and milk quality.
Amanda Onan
Amanda has been a part of the UVS team since graduation from the University of Wisconsin in 2016. Amanda loves being a veterinarian and helping farmers reach and exceed their goals and expectations. Her primary focus is preventative and production medicine, but she does enjoy all aspects of food animal medicine.
Blaine Erdmann
Dr. Blaine is a 1991 graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. He has practiced in Central Wisconsin since graduation. He enjoys all aspects of food animal medicine.
Eric Duch
Dr. Eric Duch, DVM graduated in 2001 from the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. His favorite aspects of veterinary medicine are production medicine, herd health, and youngstock.
Kady Bennett
Kady is a 2023 graduate of Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine. Kady moved with her dog Flynn and started working with UVS in July. She and Flynn are beyond excited to be able to explore Wisconsin and all it offers. Kady developed a strong interest in large animal medicine in high school when she rode along with a bovine vet. She developed her interest in dairy medicine at the University of Illinois where she worked for the dairy research department and hasn’t looked back since. She loves being able to develop relationships with the farmers and be able to help them reach their goals they have for their farms. While she enjoys all aspects of dairy production, she hopes to be able to specifically focus on herd fertility and reproduction as well as calf health management.
Nicole Utke
Nicole was over the moon when she landed a position at United Veterinary Service in 2007 and in 2021, she stepped up as office manager. Nicole lives in her hometown of Clintonville, WI where she and her husband, Tim, are happily raising their daughter, Marleigh, and their Golden Retriever, Daisy.
Jackie Gould
Jackie joined the United Veterinary Service team in 2018. Formerly from the Neenah area, her and her husband, Michael, now reside in the small village of Embarrass, WI.
Ashley Kaufmann
Ashley joined the team in October 2022. She loves the dairy and beef industry as much as she loves her home state, WI. What she enjoys most about her position is being able to help our producers get the best services, customer support, and product knowledge. She also feels it’s a big bonus being able to work with producers on a daily basis! Wisconsin continues to be one of largest producers of dairy products in the U.S. and it warms her heart to know that her and her team at UVS are a contributing growth factor. Ashley lives with her husband and 3 children in Fremont, WI. Having her husband operate and partner with his family on their small dairy farm brings her much joy knowing she is helping the dairy industry so close to her heart.
Amy Brown
Biography coming soon!
OUR SERVICES
REPRODUCTION
Our veterinarians can provide routine visits to evaluate overall reproductive health of your herd and provide information.
VACCINATIONS
We believe that your livestock deserves a healthy life and the best way we can help provide that is through comprehensive preventive care vaccination programs.
MILK QUALITY
Educational and certification programs designed to help dairy producers and their employees continually improve animal husbandry and production practices.
CALF CARE
Optimizing calf health and performance through proper nutrition, housing and vaccination and treatment protocols for your operation.
SURGICAL SERVICES
Providing services for DA, castration, hernia, cesarean section, and dehorning.
EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE
We understand that emergencies don’t just happen during office hours, especially in agricultural environments that operate around the clock.
SPECIALITIES
With advanced services, we can take your level of animal care to the next level in semen evaluation, hernia repair, ventilation design and facility design.
REGULATORY
We know that following regulations doesn’t have to be a challenge. We work with our producers to make the process easy for CVI’s and TB testing.
CAREER & STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
ASSOCIATE VETERINARIAN
We are looking for additional team members to add to our 6 doctor highly progressive and expanding dairy practice. Our new veterinarians will be collaborated with and embraced as members of our team. Our ideal candidate is someone who strives to learn, embraces a similar mission vision of the team, and believes in work-home life balance. We service dairies ranging from 1-7,000 cows, and are blessed with younger clients with a great future ahead.
4TH YEAR PREMIER ELECTIVE
UVS offers a two week fall externship for 4th year veterinary students. The course takes place at the beginning of October.
GENERAL EXTERNSHIP
UVS offers a dairy veterinary externships to gain experience, broaden your horizons, and strengthen your knowledge and skills.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP
We offer a summer internship program for veterinary students in their first or second summer of veterinary school or pre-veterinary students who have been accepted into veterinary school.
HVP EXTERNSHIP / PRECEPTORSHIP
We are seeking highly motivated and passionate veterinary students to join the Heritage Vet Team as Externs/Preceptors (VM3-4). This program provides advanced clinical training and hands-on experience in a dynamic veterinary practice setting. Under the guidance of experienced large and mixed-animal veterinarians and support staff, externs will gain valuable insight into the daily operations of a rural veterinary clinic and enhance their clinical skills.
HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
UVS will once again be offering a $1,000.00 scholarship to a graduating high school senior in spring 2025. The scholarship application is available to any student in our practice area who was enrolled in a supervised animal project in 4-H, FFA or Scouting. Check back in January 2025 for more details!
HERITAGE VET PARTNERS
OUR LOCATION
Bear Creek, WI 54922
(715)752-4747
(715)752-4848
HOURS
Mon-Fri: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed
