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THE CHANGING FACE OF
VETERINARY PRACTICE
Chris Parker BVM&S DBR MRCVS
The Changing Job description
• 24 hour cover
• supermarket vets
• all species cover
No of farm practices
• farm practice or mixed
practice
• only 340 farm vets left
• the future
Changing Species
• pet pigs
• rare breeds
• Llama etc
Changing Breeds
• Outshorthorn,Ayreshire
• out/on- Channel Island
• Holstein
Changing equipment
• calving
• Diagnostic
• Laboratory
Changing equipment
• calving
Calving
Ultrasound Scanners
x-ray equipment
x-ray equipment
Laboratory
How has farm work changed
WHAT HAS CHANGED?
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Farm size
Farm distance
Nature of work
Ministry work
Diseases
Farm size & Distance
Nature of the work
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fire-brigade v
consultancy
mastitis work
‘contract work’
Changing Disease patterns
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New diseases
Gone and come again
Different syndromes
stress induced
New Diseases
Gone and come again!
New Syndromes
Stress induced
What has changed most!
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