About Us

We strive to make the relationship between you and your beloved pet stronger by providing you, the owner, with the knowledge to help your pet's quality of life.

Dr. Elam specializes in a variety of reproductive services.

He not only collects fresh semen for artificial insemination, but he also stores semen and ships semen as needed.

Dr. Elam performs both regular and surgical artificial insemination as well as C-Sections.

In house progesterone tests are available as well as off-site lab estrogen tests.

We also offer ultrasounds and mis-mating management.

A native of central Virginia, Dr. Elam attended Virginia Tech and received his BS degree in Dairy Science.

After joining his father in their family dairy business, Dr. Elam decided to attend the University of Georgia where he earned his degree in Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Elam opened a mixed animal practice in 1974 in Powhatan and in 1982 opened a large and small animal practice in Amelia, Virginia. Currently he owns and operates Elam Animal Hospital and Reproductive Center in Powhatan.

He is a member of the National Theriogenology Association and is the United States Representative for the European Veterinarian Society for Small Animal Reproduction.

Dr. Elam has completed four reproductive courses held in Europe. He is a judge for AKC Licensed Field Trials and trains his own Labrador retrievers.

In the past he has been active in showing Holstein Cattle and Tennessee Walking Horses. Dr. Elam and his wife, Debbie, are members of the Bethel Baptist Church in Chesterfield, Virginia.