Animal Emergency & Urgent Care

What Animal Emergency & Urgent Care does

Animal Emergency & Urgent Care (AEUC) operates a single 24-hour auxiliary veterinary facility at 4300 Easton Drive in Bakersfield, California, delivering emergency and urgent care to companion animals when primary veterinary hospitals are closed. The facility is staffed by 14 employees and is AAHA Emergency and Critical Care Standards accredited, with services spanning triage, immediate medical and surgical intervention, diagnostic imaging (X-rays), on-site laboratory testing, hospitalization, oxygen therapy, fluid therapy, and anesthesia for conditions such as trauma, poisoning, seizures, shock, heat stroke, organ failure, and respiratory distress. AEUC explicitly does not offer non-emergency services such as vaccinations, spay/neuter, or complete fracture repair, and routinely transfers stabilized patients back to their regular veterinarians for follow-up care, positioning the business as a specialty acute-care node rather than a full-service general practice.

The business model is fee-for-service professional services paid at the time of visit, with an emergency surcharge plus line-item charges for examinations, hospitalization, surgery, medications, imaging, oxygen, fluids, anesthesia, and laboratory work; payment is accepted in cash, check, and through financing partners CareCredit and Scratchpay, with no billing offered. Customer acquisition is primarily through referrals from local primary-care veterinary hospitals in the evenings, weekends, and holidays, supplemented by direct walk-ins from pet owners in the Bakersfield area. The company maintains BBB accreditation, partners with the Bakersfield SPCA and Kern County Animal Control Organizations via proceeds from an online gift store, and operates with no digital ordering, delivery, mobile app, or AI-enabled systems. AEUC is privately held with no parent company, no institutional investors, no disclosed funding, and no subsidiaries, reflecting an owner-operated local services business model.

Name

Animal Emergency & Urgent Care

Legal name

Animal Emergency and Urgent Care

Website

https://ervets.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Animal Emergency & Urgent Care (AEUC) is a privately held, AAHA-accredited 24-hour emergency and urgent care veterinary clinic in Bakersfield, California, serving local pet owners and accepting referrals from primary-care veterinarians when clinics are closed.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veterinary Emergency Services

NAICS

Veterinary Services (54194)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Hospitals (HLAMACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Urgent Care Veterinary Clinics (Non-ER) (HLAMAAAD)

Keywords

• Emergency veterinary care
• Urgent pet care
• Veterinary critical care
• After-hours veterinary services
• Animal hospital emergency

Headquarters

HQ city

Bakersfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Emergency Veterinary Services: Fees are due at the time of services rendered. An emergency fee is charged to all clients to meet the additional costs of maintaining a well-equipped, fully staffed emergency facility. Additional professional fees may include examinations, hospitalization, surgery, injections & medications, fluid therapy, anesthesia, x-rays, oxygen therapy, & laboratory services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Animal Emergency & Urgent Care (AEUC) is a 24-hour auxiliary veterinary facility providing emergency and urgent care for pets when regular veterinary hospitals are closed. Core offerings include 24/7 emergency triage, urgent care for non-life-threatening ailments, immediate surgical intervention, diagnostic imaging (X-rays), on-site laboratory testing, hospitalization, oxygen therapy, fluid therapy, and anesthesia. Non-emergency services such as vaccinations, spaying/neutering, and complete fracture repair are explicitly referred back to the pet's regular veterinarian.

Product overview

Animal Emergency & Urgent Care (AEUC) operates as a 24-hour auxiliary veterinary facility providing emergency and urgent care services for pets when regular veterinary hospitals are unavailable. The facility offers a comprehensive range of emergency medical services including immediate surgical care, diagnostic imaging (X-rays), laboratory testing, hospitalization, oxygen therapy, fluid therapy, and anesthesia. The company does not provide non-emergency services such as vaccinations, spaying, neutering, or complete fracture repair—these are referred to the pet's regular veterinarian. AEUC functions as a critical care and triage center, with patients often transferred back to their primary veterinarians for continued care the following day.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Veterinary Services 24-hour emergency veterinary care for critically ill or injured pets, including immediate medical and surgical intervention for life-threatening conditions such as injuries, poisoning, seizures, shock, and organ failure.
• Urgent Care Services Prompt relief from painful or concerning ailments that may not be life-threatening but require veterinary attention when regular clinics are unavailable.
• Surgery Services Immediate surgical care provided to save life; complete bone and fracture repair is referred to the pet's regular veterinarian.
• Diagnostic Imaging (X-rays) Radiographic imaging services to diagnose injuries and internal conditions in emergency cases.
• Laboratory Services On-site laboratory testing to support rapid diagnosis of emergency conditions.
• Hospitalization Extended care for critically ill or injured pets requiring overnight monitoring and continued treatment.
• Oxygen Therapy Respiratory support for pets experiencing breathing failure or distress.
• Fluid Therapy Intravenous fluid administration for dehydration, shock, and other emergency conditions.
• Anesthesia Services Anesthesia administration for surgical procedures and emergency interventions.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and supporting.

• Bakersfield SPCAminorOthers100% of proceeds raised through the AEUC Cafepress.com online gift store are donated to the Bakersfield SPCA.
• Kern County Animal Control OrganizationsminorOthers100% of proceeds raised through the AEUC Cafepress.com online gift store are donated to The Kern County Animal Control Organizations.
• CareCreditsupportingOthersCareCredit is offered as a payment option for clients to finance emergency veterinary services.
• ScratchpaysupportingOthersScratchpay is offered as a payment option for clients to help manage the cost of emergency veterinary care.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Thrive Pet Healthcare: Thrive operates a national network of general practice, urgent care, and emergency veterinary hospitals. Comparable as a multi-site incumbent with overlapping emergency and urgent care offerings, though with significantly broader geographic and service-line reach.
• NVA (National Veterinary Associates): NVA owns and operates a large network of veterinary hospitals, including emergency and specialty locations. Comparable as a multi-site owner-operator in the same space, but serving many markets where AEUC does not operate.
• VCA Animal Hospitals: Part of Mars Veterinary Health, VCA operates the largest network of animal hospitals in North America, including 24-hour emergency and specialty hospitals. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping emergency and critical care capabilities to AEUC, but with national scale and a much wider service portfolio.
• Ethos Veterinary Health: Ethos is a multi-site owner-operator of specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals across the U.S. Comparable as a consolidator in the same emergency/specialty space, though broader in scope and geographically diverse versus AEUC's single site.

Direct peers

• MedVet: MedVet operates a network of emergency and specialty veterinary hospitals with 24-hour care, anchored by board-certified specialists. Comparable as a direct peer in emergency and critical care veterinary services.
• BluePearl Veterinary Partners: BluePearl operates specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals across the U.S., with a core focus on 24-hour emergency and critical care — directly analogous to AEUC's service model. Comparable as a direct peer in emergency-only veterinary care delivery.
• Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG): VEG runs a fast-growing chain of emergency-only veterinary hospitals with an open-floor, customer-centric care model. Comparable as a direct peer specializing exclusively in pet emergency and urgent care, the same niche AEUC occupies in Bakersfield.

Regional players

• Pet Emergency & Specialty Center (PESC): Independent 24-hour emergency and specialty veterinary hospital in nearby Santa Barbara/M Ventura, California. Comparable as an emergency-only peer in a different but adjacent California geography, with similar service mix and standalone ownership model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/animal-emergency-&-urgent-care

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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