About Us
Purvis Animal Clinic and Equine Center is located at The Old Blackburn Stockyards. Constructed into Veterinary clinic by Dr. Ewell, who sold the location in 2002 to Dr. David Royals and Dr Kirk Frazier. The stockyard building was renovated into an Equine Hospital and is a full service hospital for horses. The small animal building was renovated to offer full service Veterinary hospital equipped with all the state of the art diagnostic equipment.
About the Doctor
-Dr. Royals is a 2007 graduate of Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine and a 1996 graduate of Oak Grove High School. He now resides in Purvis with his wife Katy, who also is from Hattiesburg, and they have four wonderful girls, Rayne, Rivers, Landry, and Auburn. He and his family enjoy everything on horses, including rodeoing, barrel racing, team roping, and trail riding. Our pets include 3 Boarder Collies (Kowgirl, Switch, & Texie), 2 Australian Cattle dogs (Ready & Dixie), 1 Savannah cat (Meiko), and 1 Yorkie Mix (Pearl). Also they have a couple barn cats, dozen horses, about 50 head of mexican cows, and 2 goats. Thomas also enjoys hunting, fishing, motocross, and atv riding. He is a member of the AVMA, MVMA, AAEP, USTRC, DSTRA, USATRC, NLBRA, NBHA, and MJHSRA.
