Emergency vet access in Missouri
Of 744 listed veterinary practices in Missouri,5 post verified around-the-clock hours across 5 cities, and 3 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 3 emergency providers are verified to treat exotic pets. 25 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 Missouri
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Emergency Group | Brentwood | (314) 970-2545 | |
| Horton Discovery Animal Hospital | Columbia | (573) 777-3609 | |
| BluePearl Pet Hospital | Lee's Summit | (816) 554-4990 | ✓ verified |
| Animal Emergency Clinic | O'Fallon | (636) 339-4345 | ✓ verified |
| VEG ER for Pets - St. Peters | St. Peters | (636) 206-4789 |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among Missouri towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- West Plains — nearest 24/7 hospital is Horton Discovery Animal Hospital in Columbia, 152 mi straight-line (roughly a 3 hr 3 min drive)
- Neosho — nearest 24/7 hospital is BluePearl Pet Hospital in Lee's Summit, 143 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 52 min drive)
- Ozark — nearest 24/7 hospital is Horton Discovery Animal Hospital in Columbia, 140 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 47 min drive)
- Nixa — nearest 24/7 hospital is Horton Discovery Animal Hospital in Columbia, 139 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 47 min drive)
- Republic — nearest 24/7 hospital is BluePearl Pet Hospital in Lee's Summit, 137 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 44 min drive)
- Joplin — nearest 24/7 hospital is BluePearl Pet Hospital in Lee's Summit, 132 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 39 min drive)
- Sikeston — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group in Brentwood, 128 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 33 min drive)
- Springfield — nearest 24/7 hospital is Horton Discovery Animal Hospital in Columbia, 127 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 32 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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