We liked this article which begins with the reality of “fire truck” rural practice. Jake Geis shares how the fire truck calls can become opportunities to show clients how to keep better health records. He recommends the veterinarian take the initiative to do some of the recordkeeping to help increase profitability and provide more job satisfaction.
Source: Beef, September 1, 2017.
For starters, consider the vaginal prolapse cow. Most of the time these cows show up again because the client simply forgot to sell her after she raised her calf. If you stick an ear tag in her with the word “cull” written on it, it’s a lot harder to forget she needs to go.