Emergency vet access in Louisiana
Of 494 listed veterinary practices in Louisiana,8 post verified around-the-clock hours across 6 cities, and 0 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 3 emergency providers are verified to treat exotic pets. 20 practices treat farm animals or horses.
Updated 2026-09-27. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.
Every verified 24/7 hospital in Louisiana
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood South Animal Hospital | Baton Rouge | (225) 293-6440 | |
| LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital | Baton Rouge | (225) 578-9600 | ✓ verified |
| Baton Rouge Pet Emergency Hospital | Baton Rouge | (225) 925-5566 | |
| Valor Veterinary Emergency Hospital | Bossier City | (318) 725-5990 | |
| MedVet Mandeville | Mandeville | (985) 626-4862 | ✓ verified |
| MedVet | Metairie | (504) 835-8508 | ✓ verified |
| Avenue Animal Wellness + Emergency | New Orleans | (504) 265-8659 | |
| Pet Emergency Clinic | Prien | (337) 562-0400 |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among Louisiana towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- Monroe — nearest 24/7 hospital is Valor Veterinary Emergency Hospital in Bossier City, 95 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 54 min drive)
- Pineville — nearest 24/7 hospital is Pet Emergency Clinic in Prien, 94 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 52 min drive)
- West Monroe — nearest 24/7 hospital is Valor Veterinary Emergency Hospital in Bossier City, 91 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 49 min drive)
- Alexandria — nearest 24/7 hospital is Pet Emergency Clinic in Prien, 84 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 41 min drive)
- Natchitoches — nearest 24/7 hospital is Valor Veterinary Emergency Hospital in Bossier City, 65 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 18 min drive)
- Ruston — nearest 24/7 hospital is Valor Veterinary Emergency Hospital in Bossier City, 64 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 17 min drive)
- Lafayette — nearest 24/7 hospital is LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Baton Rouge, 58 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 9 min drive)
- Opelousas — nearest 24/7 hospital is LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Baton Rouge, 54 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 5 min drive)
Methodology & honest limits
"24/7" means the hospital's own posted hours say so — on-call and emergency-line arrangements do not count, and we audit the claims. Distances are straight-line between town coordinates, not road miles; drive times are estimates, not routing. Our dataset (OpenStreetMap and GeoNames base, plus our own verification and reader corrections) is extensive but not a census: a town can look underserved here because a hospital lacks any web presence. Corrections are verified and applied — report one.
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