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Description

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Animals Treated

Staff Members

Location

4385 Highway 17 S.
New Bern, (NC)
USA 28562
Tel : 252-636-5040
Fax : 252-636-2472

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Hours

Monday

: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm

Tuesday

: 7:30 am - 7:30 pm

Wednesday

: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm

Thursday

: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm

Friday

: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm

Saturday

: closed (open for boarding only)

Sunday

: closed

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Description

Our mission here at Animal Care Center of New Bern is to provide your pet with the best possible care. The three veterinarians here, working under Dr. Donald Campbell, are highly skilled in diagnosis and are knowledgeable about the most advanced and best treatment methods available for your pet.

Animal Care Center of New Bern was founded about 15 years ago here in New Bern by Dr. Campbell, and we have since then built our reputation as the finest veterinary clinic in the area.

We are a full service veterinary hospital. Along with our sister hospital, Craven Animal Hospital, we are the only two area hospital members of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).


Services

Routine Examinations, Vaccinations, Dentistry, Indoor Boarding, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Euthanasia, Pet Cremation, Grooming, Nutritional Counseling, Microchipping (HomeAgain), Radiology, 24-hour Emergency Service (Havelock Emergency Pet Service), Pharmacy and Laboratory services, Geriatric Medicine

After hours emergencies are referred to the Emergency Pet Service, in Havelock, NC. 444-1399

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Animals Treated

Cats, Dogs, Pocket pets

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Staff Members

Dr. Donald Campbell

Veterinarian, practice owner.

Dr. Campbell is a 1975 graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. He has practiced in New Bern since 1981, when he bought Craven Animal Hospital. He opened Animal Care Center in 1986.

Dr. Steven A. Stelma

Veterinarian, practice owner.

Dr. Stelma is a 1987 graduate of Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He practiced in Michigan for one year before moving to New Bern, his summer home since 1975.

He is an avid golfer, and when not working at Animal Care Center or the Emergency Pet Service in Havelock, he can be found working on his game at one of the area golf courses.

He is a Board of Directors member of four organizations:
1) Emergency Pet Service of Craven-Carteret
2) North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association, representing the Northeast quadrant of the state.
3) Colonial Capital Humane Society
4) Wild Animal Rehabilitation Center

Dr. Ashley Parks

Associate veterinarian.

Dr. Parks is a 1998 graduate of N.C. State University College of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation, she worked as an instructor in the College's anatomy laboratory, teaching freshman veterinary students. Dr. Parks also completed an Internship in Emergency Medicine in Raleigh, NC.

She and her husband Barry, a veterinarian working at our sister hospital, Craven Animal Hospital, moved to New Bern in June, 1999.

Hope Voliva, LVT

Head Veterinary Technician

After graduating from the Veterinary Technician program at Central Carolina Community College in 1996, Hope worked at Myers Veterinary Clinic in Sanford for two years.

She moved back home to Pamlico County, and began working at Animal Care Center in 1998.

Heather Green, LVT

Veterinary Technician

Heather graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at Central Carolina Community College in 1996. She has worked in Kinston, NC, and has been with Animal Care Center for the last year.

Jaime Hecht

Veterinary Assistant

Jaime moved from Hillsborough to Eastern North Carolina last year, and began working at Animal Care Center then.

Previously, she studied at Central Carolina Community College in their Veterinary Technician program, and she has worked as a Laboratory Animal Caretaker, and in a pet store.

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