A news report was given on the national as well as the local level yesterday. The report was about the concern for large animal vets in rural areas. It seems that many of our large animal vets will be retiring in the next 10-15 years and the new vets to replace them are not choosing to work in rural areas on large animals. These new vets would rather stay in more populated towns and work on small animals such as pets. How many of these vets that do choose to work on large animals will not be willing to tackle the chore of deer?
I have seen this problem in my area the last couple of years. We are on the verge as an industry of having a better way of testing our animals for TB with the new TB blood test. Without the vet to perform this new test we could be seeing just another way to put farmers out of business. This report was given since it may affect our countrys' food supply. I also received an e-mail recently that McDonalds is going to be importing beef from South America because of a lack of supply of US beef. Maybe the two reports go hand-in hand. I would appreciate replys on this thread.
I have seen this problem in my area the last couple of years. We are on the verge as an industry of having a better way of testing our animals for TB with the new TB blood test. Without the vet to perform this new test we could be seeing just another way to put farmers out of business. This report was given since it may affect our countrys' food supply. I also received an e-mail recently that McDonalds is going to be importing beef from South America because of a lack of supply of US beef. Maybe the two reports go hand-in hand. I would appreciate replys on this thread.