BRENT BARTON, DVM

Oregon Trail Veterinary Clinic Hermiston, Oregon

“Capable Hands, Caring Hearts” is the backbone of the motto that drives Dr. Brent Barton and the team at Oregon Trail Veterinary Clinic in Hermiston, Oregon. Hermiston is located along the Columbia River in the Columbia Basin, the “breadbasket” of the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Barton has been practicing mixed animal veterinary medicine for more than 32 years, driven by his God-given passion for helping people.

“The people in agriculture are what I love most about these animal industries,” Dr. Barton shared. “I also love the variety that each day in practice will bring, probably to my own demise. My typical day is a mix of in-clinic small animal appointments and surgery and consulting beef cowcalf operations and seedstock producers. And then throw into the mix a chicken that is sick or a VFD exam of beehives with foulbrood. Just variety plain and simple.”

Dr. Barton also experienced variety in veterinary practice when he was activated as a US Army Reservist to serve in the US Army Veterinary Corps in 2002. He recalled, “I spent the next 18 months in the Army as a veterinarian. I left private practice, and even though I did not know it at the time, I was off on an adventure. But that is another story for another time!”