Posted on Dec 19, 2022
There's a shortage of vets to treat farm animals. Pandemic pets are partly to blame
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One night last spring, Andy Berry, a livestock farmer in Mississippi, was working the phone. One of his cows was experiencing a life-threatening breech birth and his regular veterinarian, 40 minutes away, was unavailable.
Berry, who is also executive vice president of the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, spent two hours calling around for help, finally reaching another vet, who immediately made the one-hour drive to his farm in rural Jefferson Davis County.
By the time she arrived, it was too late. "Ultimately, we ended up losing both the cow and the calf," Berry, 48, says. "Between the time it took to get to the farm and the complications of the labor, it was too much."
The death of the cow and calf cost him about $1,800, he says.
One night last spring, Andy Berry, a livestock farmer in Mississippi, was working the phone. One of his cows was experiencing a life-threatening breech birth and his regular veterinarian, 40 minutes away, was unavailable.
Berry, who is also executive vice president of the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, spent two hours calling around for help, finally reaching another vet, who immediately made the one-hour drive to his farm in rural Jefferson Davis County.
By the time she arrived, it was too late. "Ultimately, we ended up losing both the cow and the calf," Berry, 48, says. "Between the time it took to get to the farm and the complications of the labor, it was too much."
The death of the cow and calf cost him about $1,800, he says.
There's a shortage of vets to treat farm animals. Pandemic pets are partly to blame
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel we have the same shortage of Vets for our small pets. I make appointments a year in advance for regular annual shots. Emergencies cost an arm & leg... you have to go to the "Emergency Pet Care"... unless you want to wait HOURS to get in an affordable office.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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