A free pet clinic manned by a staff of about 80 was part of the annual Operation Border Health Preparedness in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. It is a sparsely populated area and one of the more economically-distressed regions where high unemployment rates and low per capita income make the expense of pet care hard to meet.
One thousand, twenty-two house pets, mostly dogs, were treated by the staff, some of whom were third- and fourth-year students from Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.
Source: Rio Grande Guardian via AVMA SmartBrief, August 8, 2023. Link.
Idea: Distributors and manufacturers should consider coordinating backup vaccine inventory through practices they service in the Rio Grande Valley to help avoid turning people and pets away.