Today's veterinarian shortage: How it could affect your dog or cat
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Veterinarians nationwide are feeling burned out, and it could potentially affect your pet’s appointment with longer than usual wait times, plus other issues; Fox News Digital spoke to 5 veterinary professionals for the latest.
The veterinary worker shortage has persisted so long that some animal clinics have had to close their doors. "Most veterinary emergency hospitals routinely have a two- to four-hour wait time to be seen." "Emergency animal hospitals run like human ERs … The most critical cases are seen first."
"There has been a large influx of pets, even prior to the pandemic, while class sizes to create veterinarians and vet nurses have stayed the same," Oregon-based Dr. Cherice Roth, chief veterinary officer at Fuzzy, The Pet Parent Company, revealed to Fox News Digital in an interview this week.