Originally Posted by
icu2
Thanks Billy... interesting stuff.
I wonder if the "veterinary client patient relationship" definition is what is making it harder to get antibiotics that can be
injected too. I've been told repeatedly that nothing will be prescribed without a office visit with the fish in question here in WA.
Or else I don't know the right vets.
What you are seeing/hearing is the way it is supposed to work. A vet cannot dispense treatments without seeing the patient, just like a doctor cannot order meds without having seen the patient. That technically is malpractice. Now, some of us have vets that are willing to violate that portion of the law, and take our words for what is needed and sell it to us, knowing that there are no aquatic vets within a reasonable drive. I had one vet that said that he would dispense the antibiotics but I would have to do a sample for him to do a culture and sensitivity test to determine the best antibiotic. One problem with that is that the fish could be dead before the results come in due to delays along the way. Current vet got some tutoring in calculus that allowed him to make it to vet school, or so he has told me.
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