Contesso AI Receptionist

Phoenix Metro · Veterinary Clinics

AI receptionist for veterinary clinics in the Phoenix metro.

A clinic front desk is checking in patients while the phone rings, and a worried pet owner hangs up and calls the next clinic. An AI receptionist for veterinary clinics answers every call, books routine appointments, handles refill and hours questions, and sends urgent cases straight to your emergency process. It never gives medical advice.

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Veterinarian listening to a dog with a stethoscope on an exam table
6–10%
of dogs in Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties sick with valley fever each year
Jun 15
monsoon starts, and toxic toads come out
24/7
answered, after hours included

The calls it handles

  • New patient appointments
  • Vaccination and wellness visits
  • Prescription and food refill requests
  • Clinic hours, location and services questions
  • After-hours calls
  • Valley fever recheck and follow-up scheduling

What it escalates

  • A pet that may be poisoned, such as after mouthing a toad, or that is in shock or serious distress
  • A suspected snake bite
  • Heatstroke signs, collapse or trouble breathing

How it works

  1. Tell us how your front desk handles calls today. We set the receptionist up around your intake questions, your rules and your calendar, in your business name.
  2. The AI answers in your clinic name, books routine appointments into your schedule and takes clear messages for staff.
  3. For urgent cases it directs the caller to your emergency procedure or the nearest emergency animal hospital and alerts your team. It never diagnoses or advises on treatment.

Veterinary Clinics in the Valley

The facts behind the calls

Valley summers bring heat-related illness and burned paw pads, and monsoon rain brings out Sonoran Desert toads, whose toxin can kill a dog. Valley fever, a fungal disease from the desert soil, keeps follow-up calls coming all year. Urgent calls often arrive after hours, when the clinic is closed.

  • The University of Arizona's Valley Fever Center for Excellence says 6 to 10 percent of dogs living in Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties can get sick with valley fever each year. ABC15: valley fever in pets
  • Arizona Game and Fish has said the Sonoran Desert toad, which comes out with monsoon rain, kills more dogs in the Phoenix area than rattlesnakes do. 12News: toxic toads and Arizona dogs

Service areas

Veterinary Clinics AI, city by city

Common questions

What happens when a pet owner calls about an emergency?

The AI recognizes urgent language such as a toad in the mouth, a snake bite, collapse or trouble breathing, directs the caller to your emergency procedure or the nearest emergency animal hospital, and alerts your team.

Would it give medical advice?

No. It never diagnoses or advises on treatment. It books routine visits, answers clinic questions such as hours and location, and sends urgent cases to your emergency process.

Will callers know they are talking to an AI?

Yes. Every call opens with a clear AI disclosure, and callers are still answered in seconds.

How does pricing work?

Pricing is set around your call volume and how many locations you run. Tell us about your clinic through the contact form and we will send a clear quote.

Built around how you work

Tell us how your calls work.

We set the receptionist up around your intake questions, your rules and your calendar, in your business name.

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