Our Veterinary Team

Ramaekers Nutrition


Dr. Joseph C. Ramaekers, D.V.M.

Scientific Support

Dr. Steven Slagle, DVM. Sales and consulting for bovine and other livestock animals.

Steven J. Slagle, D.V.M.

La Grande, Oregon
Phone: 541-962-2911 
Email: drslagle9@gmail.com

Dr. Slagle graduated from the University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine in 1968. In Granite Bay, California, he had a large animal practice, primarily focused on equine care. In 2013, he moved to his ranch in La Grande, where he raises full-blood Wagyu cattle. Since 1999, he has focused on the effects of immune modulation to improve the number of successes in his practice. He now spends his day educating and consulting veterinarians, producers, and growers about the benefits of harnessing the immune system to enhance the health of their patients, livestock, and their financial bottom line. 

Dr. Bill Burlingame, D.V.M.

Dr. Bill Burlingame, D.V.M.

Stanwood, Washington

Dr. Burlingame graduated from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1977. After graduation, he worked for two years at a central hospital, emergency, and referral center in Akron, Ohio. After moving to the Pacific Northwest in 1979, he opened the Quil Ceda Veterinary Hospital in 1980, where he practiced veterinary medicine and surgery, specializing in canine and feline care, until selling the practice in 2005. Dr. Burlingame currently works part-time in the same practice. His current interests in practice focus on nutritional medicine, the Plechner Syndrome, Erchonia laser therapy, and natural immunotherapy. Ramaekers Immune Formulas has been an important cornerstone in his patient care protocols since 2001.

Dr. Bob McClung, D.V.M

Dr. Bob McClung, D.V.M.

Tiffin, Ohio

Dr. McClung graduated from The Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1976 and has been in mixed animal practice ever since.

He’s a second-generation veterinarian whose father started the practice in 1950. We have since become an AAHA-accredited small animal practice while continuing to provide cutting-edge service for farm animals. Immunotherapy has yielded astounding results for the health, performance, and reproduction of their livestock. He has been using Ramaekers Nutrition immune modulator formulas for over ten years in his practice, treating both large and small animal patients, as well as his own show sheep and feedlot cattle. Dr. Bob has lectured on natural immunotherapy at numerous producers’ meetings in Ohio and at the state cattlemen’s annual meeting in Minnesota. And Tyson’s cattle meeting in Indiana. Dr. Bob is currently consulting with dairy calf raisers from several Midwestern states. He also proudly uses immunotherapy for integrative cancer care for small animal and equine patients. Immunotherapy is a terrific tool to help raise the wellness bar in all species.


Our Veterinary Team

Dr. Ramaekers and his team of veterinarians are dedicated to ongoing research and product development. Our mission is to naturally elevate the overall level of optimal animal wellness.


2014 AHVMA President Dr. Barbara Royal Visited Our Booth

2014 AHVMA President Dr. Barbara Royal Visited Our Booth.
Our Veterinarians: (From The Left) Bob McClung, Dr. Barbara Royal (AHVMA President), and Bill Burlingame.

2013 American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association Convention

Dr. Bob Mcclung and Dr. Bill Burlingame. 2013 American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association Convention
Our Veterinarians: (From The Left) Dr. Bob McClung and Dr. Bill Burlingame.

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