CBC: Many veterinary bills include 'inappropriate' costs, despite evidence, some vets continue

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to over-vaccinate pets


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Despite guidelines that recommend vaccinating dogs every three years, many veterinarians continue to push annual vaccinations, a CBC Marketplace investigation reveals.

And when dogs get annual jabs, pet owners may be getting gouged.

“It’s inappropriate and [veterinarians] need to get with the current policies and guidelines,” said Dr. Jean Dodds, a California-based veterinarian and researcher, who is an expert in dog vaccination protocols and an outspoken critic of over-vaccination.

Some veterinarians told Marketplace staff who documented vet visits on hidden camera that they recommend yearly vaccines as a way of making sure that pet owners schedule wellness exams.




http://www.cbc.ca/news/many-veterinary-bills-include-inappropriate-costs-1.1876019

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1. Policy statements to the 3-year booster recommendations have the effect of "standard of care"

as promulgated by AVMA and state Boards....

I think it has dramatically decreased as a result-- at least in most areas..

Of course there are undoubtedly some (minority) of out-of-touch veterinarians, just as there are physicians who refuse to change practice measures based on new and definitive science... But, if they have an adverse event while doing so, they are on extremely thin ice.