Challenges facing large-animal vet practices in rural Australia and how vet industry suppliers can assist

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challenges facing large-animal vet practices in rural Australia

This article is sponsored content brought to you by Abbey Animal Health.

Business and quality care matters

The financial cost of running a country vet practice can be significant, equally many farmers face similar financial pressures, leaving little room for sentiment. While the welfare of farm animals is paramount, decisions made by both parties need to consider the economic impact. Working in a large animal rural clinic is not for the faint hearted and comes with unique challenges. Price is commonly the first question when purchasing veterinary services, pharmaceuticals and equipment. Abbey Animal Health, the Australian owned animal health company, is focussed on providing an extensive range of high quality and affordable products, to suit your budget.

Rural clinics & the tyranny of distance

Most large animal clinics are in rural and sometimes remote areas of Australia which can limit access to regular resources for farmers. Distances and travel time impact clinic staff, and the daily operations of a clinic. Veterinarians who spend their days treating patients on farm may not see clinic colleagues for days, and have little time for communication and connection, let alone attend to clinic administrative needs. Having support from the veterinary industry can help clinics redirect time to the needs of their staff, making it a more productive and enjoyable workplace. Abbey Animal Health offers a ‘direct to clinic’ order delivery service enabling a clinics order to be delivered faster. We can deliver to areas ranging from Kununurra to King Island, depending on local couriers. 

How Abbey Animal Health can help

The ever-changing landscape of large animal veterinary care means that we need more industry partners to assist with supporting clinics in remote areas.

Just as it’s important to ensure you hire people that are the right “fit” for the clinic team, so it’s important to have the right fit of industry partners providing your product and service needs.

As a way of supporting large animal vets, Abbey Animal Health offers the choice of purchasing your veterinary pharmaceuticals through vet wholesalers or direct from Abbey, with the added benefit of our daily delivery service to all parts of Australia. If this sounds like something that would help your clinic with ordering and supply of products, call our main office and they will connect you to your local Abbey Animal Health sales representative to discuss the best options for your clinic.

challenges facing large-animal vet practices in rural Australia

Local matters to us

Abbey Animal Health is an Australian owned company that manufactures and supplies a wide range of animal health products, to veterinarians, farmers, pet and horse owners, across Australia. Most of our products are manufactured in Australia, we have a quality focus on what we supply and at competitive prices. Abbey has been working with independent vet clinics for the past 10 years and understands the needs and offers flexible options that will work for your clinic.

For more information on how to build a relationship with Abbey, call us on 02 8088 0720 or visit see our website www.abbeylabs.com.au.

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