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Why don't vets want to doctor cattle any more?
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<blockquote data-quote="Beefy" data-source="post: 124196" data-attributes="member: 57"><p>dogs and cats are safer to work with. there are more of them. everybody virtually has a pet. people are willing to spend more on pets than livestock. there is just more money to be had without leaving the office. </p><p></p><p>but i mean lets face it, 90% of the problems you have with livestock dont require a vet to treat. 95% if youve been around the species all your life and got pretty good experience under your belt or know someone like that and stay on top of things. i would advise everyone who has animals to learn as much as possible about treating their own animals and if you have the money and a willing vet then more power to you. and if you or someone knowledgeable cant treat the animal alot of times the vet cant help either...</p><p></p><p>in fact i think a lot of vets are relieved to have competent people in the area who can treat their own animals b/c it means less house calls and more animals can be treated that need help.. It is great to be able to call in your vitals and know what and how to treat so that all you have to do is get the vets go ahead on prescription meds and run by and pick up the medicine at the desk. Its good to have that kind of relationship with a vet. We have one large animal vet in the area now but he only gets called out for freak occurences and he knows it and is cool with that. the other vet switched over to small animals only but will still see cows and horses if you bring them to town. (but come on, do sick animals who in many instances have never been on a trailer before really need to be traveling/stressing out like that?probably not.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beefy, post: 124196, member: 57"] dogs and cats are safer to work with. there are more of them. everybody virtually has a pet. people are willing to spend more on pets than livestock. there is just more money to be had without leaving the office. but i mean lets face it, 90% of the problems you have with livestock dont require a vet to treat. 95% if youve been around the species all your life and got pretty good experience under your belt or know someone like that and stay on top of things. i would advise everyone who has animals to learn as much as possible about treating their own animals and if you have the money and a willing vet then more power to you. and if you or someone knowledgeable cant treat the animal alot of times the vet cant help either... in fact i think a lot of vets are relieved to have competent people in the area who can treat their own animals b/c it means less house calls and more animals can be treated that need help.. It is great to be able to call in your vitals and know what and how to treat so that all you have to do is get the vets go ahead on prescription meds and run by and pick up the medicine at the desk. Its good to have that kind of relationship with a vet. We have one large animal vet in the area now but he only gets called out for freak occurences and he knows it and is cool with that. the other vet switched over to small animals only but will still see cows and horses if you bring them to town. (but come on, do sick animals who in many instances have never been on a trailer before really need to be traveling/stressing out like that?probably not.) [/QUOTE]
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