Emergency vet access in Nebraska
Of 296 listed veterinary practices in Nebraska,1 post verified around-the-clock hours across 1 city, and 3 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 11 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 Nebraska
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Omaha | Omaha | (402) 205-7271 |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among Nebraska towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- North Platte — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Omaha in Omaha, 243 mi straight-line (roughly a 4 hr 51 min drive)
- Kearney — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Omaha in Omaha, 159 mi straight-line (roughly a 3 hr 11 min drive)
- Grand Island — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Omaha in Omaha, 118 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 22 min drive)
- Beatrice — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Omaha in Omaha, 79 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 35 min drive)
- Columbus — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Omaha in Omaha, 66 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 19 min drive)
- Lincoln — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Omaha in Omaha, 45 mi straight-line (roughly a 54 min drive)
- Fremont — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Omaha in Omaha, 22 mi straight-line (roughly a 30 min drive)
- Papillion — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Omaha in Omaha, 9 mi straight-line (roughly a 17 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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