Our Story.... Beadle Lake Large Animal Clinic was established in 2004 at 7115 Tower Road in Battle Creek, Michigan. We serve clients in a forty mile radius around Battle Creek.
We employ three veterinarians and have a variety of office staff and assistants. We host veterinary and pre-veterinary students, and we encourage volunteers who want to learn about veterinary medicine to join us. We love what we do and enjoy sharing our knowledge and experience by training and teaching others. It is very important to us to keep up on the latest in veterinary practice and animal health concerns. We accomplish this by attending veterinary conferences, continuing education classes and utilizing veterinary magazines. To meet our staff please click here.
Our mission statement:
"Our mission is to provide the best quality and preventative care for your animal through the pursuit of knowledge and the integration of our traditional and specialty services."
Dr.Bob Emery integrates Western medicine, chiropractic care, and acupuncture with the philosophy of optimizing your animal’s health, healing and performance. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Michigan State University in 1990. Since then, he has continued to enhance his education in order to provide the best service to animals in his care. He was certified in chiropractic in 2000 and acupuncture in 2002.
As a senior partner at BLLA, Dr Emery works primarily with equine performance maintenance and enhancement focusing on the areas of lameness, chiropractic, acupuncture, dentistry and podiatry. Using his blend of ancient healing techniques, along with modern technology, he strives to help horsemen prevent lameness in order to maintain optimum performance levels in their horses.
His memberships include: AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association), MEPA (Michigan Equine Practitioner and Association), AAEP (American Association of Equine Practitioners) and IVAS (International Veterinary Acupuncture Society with accreditations from the American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture and AVCA.
Dr Jason Van Lente strives to combine quality veterinary care with a compassionate attitude. He focuses on reproductive performance utilizing the most advanced techniques such as embryo transfer, Artificial Insemination and ultrasound.
Along with the equine practice, he is involved in livestock production, working on some of today’s toughest challenges, such as mastitis, along with other herd health concerns. As a herd health practitioner, Jason not only concentrates on the symptoms of ailments, but also the underlying causes and impact they may have on other animals in the herd.
Jason has Bachelor of Science degrees from Michigan State in Fisheries and Wildlife and Animal Science, graduating with his DVM degree in 2003. He is a member of the AAEP (American Association of Equine Practioners), AABP (American Association of Bovine Practitioners) and the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association).
Dr. Amy (Keyt) Heinze was recently hired as a full time associate after completing a six month internship with us. She attended Michigan State University for her Bachelor's in Animal Science and then her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in May of 2010. She focused her studies on general equine and food animal medicine, though she is interested in working with all large animals. She enjoys expanding her medical knowledge with continuing education, meetings, books and learning from experts in their field.
She will be helping us expand our area north toward Charlotte, where she lives. She lives there with her husband Brad, a couple horses and a herd of cattle.
She is a member of the AAEP (American Association of Equine Practioners), AABP (American Association of Bovine Practioners) and AASRP (American Association of Small Ruminant Practioners).
Beadle Lake Large Animal Clinic 7115 Tower Road Battle Creek, MI 49014 Hours:Monday & Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
