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SAD REALITY OF LIVESTOCK FARMING ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Longlowdog" data-source="post: 6956891" data-attributes="member: 395"><p>Whilst vets have to have a degree of accommodation in dealing with owners it should not be forgotten that they are there to serve animals. If the best interest of the animal is served by saying no then they are doing what is right by the code they live by. Farm profits or loss are not their concern. Vet costs are not a price per animal cost but a whole of enterprise expense spread over all the heads. Furthermore as [USER=54]@JP1[/USER] stated above it is beholden upon those of us who wish to trade under the banner of 'the highest welfare standards' to strive constantly to better them not short circuit them to the detriment of those standards and certainly not if lowering standards provides ammunition to those who would oppose us. Animal welfare first, financial consequences second would have to be the right and only way forward. If the cost of treatment exceeds the production value of the animal we have the option of culling and disposal but that is cutting ones loses while remaining humane and has clearly understood costs as well. Vet and knackery bills should be as regularly anticipated and projected in to costings as feed and bedding. If those costs compromise the business viability then one would have to ask why are they so high that they threaten a business that would be profitable with these expenses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Longlowdog, post: 6956891, member: 395"] Whilst vets have to have a degree of accommodation in dealing with owners it should not be forgotten that they are there to serve animals. If the best interest of the animal is served by saying no then they are doing what is right by the code they live by. Farm profits or loss are not their concern. Vet costs are not a price per animal cost but a whole of enterprise expense spread over all the heads. Furthermore as [USER=54]@JP1[/USER] stated above it is beholden upon those of us who wish to trade under the banner of 'the highest welfare standards' to strive constantly to better them not short circuit them to the detriment of those standards and certainly not if lowering standards provides ammunition to those who would oppose us. Animal welfare first, financial consequences second would have to be the right and only way forward. If the cost of treatment exceeds the production value of the animal we have the option of culling and disposal but that is cutting ones loses while remaining humane and has clearly understood costs as well. Vet and knackery bills should be as regularly anticipated and projected in to costings as feed and bedding. If those costs compromise the business viability then one would have to ask why are they so high that they threaten a business that would be profitable with these expenses. [/QUOTE]
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