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The Purr-Fect Practice reprinted with permission of Veterinary Learning Systems
>> Feline specialists share tips on how to enhance your feline practice
The stats are in, and the cat rules. No longer are dogs the most popular American
household pet, and FORUM approached board-certified feline practitioners who own cat-only hospitals to pass along their tips on what makes their practices run purr-fectly.
With the new feline and canine vaccine guidelines, the economics of veterinary practices
may change dramatically, says William R. Folger, DVM, DABVP (Feline Medicine),
who has owned Memorial Cat Hospital in Houston, Texas, since 1993. “All of us want to
remain competitive, but we need to realize that certain profit centers are going to disappear,” he explains, “and vaccination represents one of them.”
But that is only one profit center that may soon erode practitioners’ profit margin, he adds. “General surgeries, like spays and neuters, also are going to disappear because
of the abundance of low-cost services and new sterilization guidelines associated with shelter pet adoption. Pharmacy profit centers likewise are going to dwindle because
of the multiple online pharmacies.”
Finding new, viable profit centers will be essential for practitioners to adapt to changing trends in veterinary medicine. ..... [Read complete article]
