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<blockquote data-quote="bovine" data-source="post: 3731822" data-attributes="member: 12486"><p>For 400 animals we would get £834.50, but (what I forgot to say) is XL Farmcare take 35p each animal for admin, so we lose £140 and bank £694.50</p><p></p><p>It's nice on organized farms to do 50 an hour but unless everything is exceptionally well set up that rarely happens. Often animals are at multiple sites so there is different set ups to contend with, down time moving equipment etc. There is 8 hours of solid work if you can keep them coming through at 50 per hour without a break to pee, drink a cup of tea or eat something. You would have a vet tied up for 2 days or even sometimes split because of staff/equipment etc </p><p></p><p>Typical hourly rates for a vet would be around £120 per hour. That is 5.8 hours of vet time and you are tying up 16+ hours where they could be doing something more profitable. Worse as we are 4 yearly testing so the facilities are generally poor and not set up like they are down in the south west where they test every 60 days. </p><p></p><p>We've spent £1000 this year training a new vet to TB test and everyone else revalidating their 'grandfather' rights. </p><p></p><p>Not to mention it's boring and often dangerous work for a highly trained professional person. I don't know of any vets who enjoy testing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bovine, post: 3731822, member: 12486"] For 400 animals we would get £834.50, but (what I forgot to say) is XL Farmcare take 35p each animal for admin, so we lose £140 and bank £694.50 It's nice on organized farms to do 50 an hour but unless everything is exceptionally well set up that rarely happens. Often animals are at multiple sites so there is different set ups to contend with, down time moving equipment etc. There is 8 hours of solid work if you can keep them coming through at 50 per hour without a break to pee, drink a cup of tea or eat something. You would have a vet tied up for 2 days or even sometimes split because of staff/equipment etc Typical hourly rates for a vet would be around £120 per hour. That is 5.8 hours of vet time and you are tying up 16+ hours where they could be doing something more profitable. Worse as we are 4 yearly testing so the facilities are generally poor and not set up like they are down in the south west where they test every 60 days. We've spent £1000 this year training a new vet to TB test and everyone else revalidating their 'grandfather' rights. Not to mention it's boring and often dangerous work for a highly trained professional person. I don't know of any vets who enjoy testing. [/QUOTE]
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