If you are a pet owner, you know how important it is to know your dog’s medical history. If you are a pet lover, you know how important it is to not throw away medications and medical equipment that are just going to be in a landfill for a long time.
Recently there was a pet exam leak paper story that made the rounds which explained that pet owners were throwing away the results of their pet exams because they were no longer using the latest medication (they were using the old stuff). This isn’t an isolated incident either. A recent study showed that owners of cats and dogs were throwing away the results of their pet exams because they had been in a dog fight and now needed to go to the vet.
While there are no official figures on the number of pet exams leaked, there is quite a bit of anecdotal evidence that it happens. The Pet Doctor’s Association reports that it costs about $50-$60 to throw away a cat or dog exam. For a dog that cost just $20, you could throw away the results of a pet exam for literally just a few bucks.
It’s not exactly like any pet exam I’ve ever thrown away, but the paper leak has been happening for about a year now. The vet told us that the practice has dropped significantly since the practice was first introduced in 2009.
I know its not exactly a new practice, but just in case you were curious, there are other ways to get rid of your own pet exam without paying. If you’re worried that your pet exam is going to be lost, you could save your results and ask your vet to send them to you for free. As an added bonus, the vet will give you a free exam.
For most people, pet exams are a pretty routine part of their healthcare. However, a recent veterinary study found that a significant portion of pet exams are performed on pets that aren’t even vets, but rather pet keepers. The study found that pet exams are performed on dogs, cats, fish, and livestock, and that vets perform most of them. This wasn’t surprising to me, but it was a little bit shocking.
I know that most people don’t care about pet exams, but I will admit I’m surprised at this study. In general, I’m a big believer in giving a pet more, the good kind of, time. I know vet visits are supposed to last a full two hours, but I think that’s a lot of time to spend with a pet when you’re not even a vet.
This study was conducted at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna. I imagine that vets perform most pet exams, because they have the most to gain. It is also very likely that most of them have a personal pet that is used to getting more than its share of attention from a vet, so they are most likely to offer more attention to that pet than they would to a dog, for example.
For pet exams, the most important thing is the exam itself and not the results. In the study, the vets were asked to complete a series of questionnaires (including their own pet’s name) and to fill out a survey about pet-related issues. They were also asked questions about the pets they had been treating for various symptoms.
And this is the part that made me think – why are vets so often so busy. It seems like the more time they spend training their dogs, the less they have to spend treating their patients.
