Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:22:19 -0400
From: Elliot Cramer c
Subject: complete vet exam
From: laurie weiser
Subject: In response to Low Cost Vet Care
To my knowledge there is no place locally where you can have your dog, for example, seen by a veterinarian and get a complete exam, rabies vaccine, distemper vaccine, heartworm test, fecal exam at a total cost of $85.00.
I did not mean to imply that $85 for the above is unreasonable and I certainly don’t have any criticism against her for offering this. I am sure that she is well intentioned. As another vet told me, rabies vaccine is required by law and that is why he offers it without a physical exam.
I think that every vet has an ethical responsibility to offer rabies vaccine at a reasonable price – no more that $10 and I think they should offer a three-way vaccine (recommended every three years) without a physical exam for a reasonable price – perhaps $15. Not everyone believes that a yearly physical exam is necessary for people or animals and animals don’t live very long. Most illnesses in both are self-limiting
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