Preventive health care

Standard operating procedures

Maintaining animals at WSU requires basic husbandry practices and preventive health care, including vaccination, parasite control, and hoof or nail care. The standard procedures listed by species below detail the minimum husbandry and preventive care expectations for animals housed at WSU.

View procedures by species

• Horses 
• Llamas and alpacas

For standard operating procedures for the all other species, visit pages linked below or contact the Office of the Campus Veterinarian.

• Cattle
• Sheep & goats
• Swine
• Dogs
• Cats
• Rabbits
• Zebrafish
• Ferrets
• Fish—all species (pdf)
• Xenopus frogs (pdf)

To obtain the documents above in a form accessible to persons with disabilities, please contact the Office of the Campus Veterinarian.

24-Hour Emergency

• All Campuses: 509-330-1871
• Report Animal Care Concerns