The University of Arizona, in Tucson, has a school of Veterinary Medicine.

We use Michigan State - costs about half what a regular Vet does - at least for emergencies. The reason being, we pay taxes that support the school.

We had a cat with a badly fractured leg. He had hardware inserted up at MSU - spent about 48 hours there, and the bill was exactly half what it would have cost at the fancy conglomerate near Detroit. The fracture was too bad to be fixed by a 'regular' Vet.

Vet schools do routine care also, so check it out.