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AsukaNeko · 61w
I've heard that but haven't seen the data comparisons between regulated countries and unregulated. Drontal works, but tastes like shit so hard to administer. To be honest, taking care of ferals the tr...
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fwiw Europe has more restrictions and monitoring on flea medications than the US. Fipronil has been OTC for a while now in the US, and guess what drug has been rendered completely useless now for flea control? Fipronil.
I have personally seen how useless Fipronil is in about 400 cases but I know it's still used in the EU with good coverage, hence why I used that particular example.
AsukaNeko · 61w
Amoxy should be more freely available. But opening up scheduled narcotics to unlicensed techs is a crawling can of worms for sure.
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I used to be for non narcotics to be more freely available. Then I started working with the general public.
The vast majority of people have a room temp IQ. When drugs like antibiotics are widely used incorrectly, it can allow some pathogens to become resistant to it.
There's a reason why all of the OTC flea/tick meds no longer work lol. And once something stops working, it isn't likely to start working again. Once the organism builds that resistance, there's usually no need for evolution to breed it out.
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AsukaNeko · 61w
I've heard that but haven't seen the data comparisons between regulated countries and unregulated. Drontal works, but tastes like shit so hard to administer. To be honest, taking care of ferals the triage becomes heartless when they want $120 for a visit and prescription for a mild URI.
Adequately Imperfect · 61w
Wow, that is kind of messed up on thd surgery front to allow lower level of training, althoughni can see a space for specific surgery training and licensing not blanket licensing. and it's completely...
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That is honestly my main concern about it.
When this was first being talked about, they were saying any vet tech would be allowed to prescribe drugs. In CO, you do not need any credentialing to be a vet tech. You only need credentialing to call yourself a licensed vet tech. So Joe Blow could come in and order a ton of ket without anyone but him and the pharm knowing
I still don't know how they are going to keep that from happening. Vet techs selling recreational drugs have been such an issue in the past already that some states won't even allow vet techs to also be managers of a vet practice where they could abuse their dual roles, and controlled substances now need to be opened by multiple keys in some states for accountability.
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AsukaNeko · 61w
Amoxy should be more freely available. But opening up scheduled narcotics to unlicensed techs is a crawling can of worms for sure.
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It's funny how CO passed prop 129 (the law that allows a mid-level veterinary practitioner to prescribe drugs and perform surgeries) despite everything, and it will be interesting to see if other states follow suite.

They actually have a vet in their legislature that was very vocally against this law, and the governing body of veterinary medicine (AVMA) was also very vocally against this. All kinds of vets and techs were against this.

I guess prop 129 was brought to fruition by Best Friends Society, which does have a host of controversy behind their policies. On top of that, the governor of CO was also largely for the prop. I think there was a lot of advertising for it as well, promoting it as a way to lower vet prices, despite that not being the point of prop 129 - it is supposed to address long wait times due to the vet shortage, it shouldn't have any impact on prices. If anything it may be more expensive because you're paying for another employee.

Anyway, I just feel like the community was not well educated on the subject. Prop 129 would introduce a *new* mid-level position, when we already have a mid level position that is under-utilized; vet techs, whom can be LVTs, and even specialize and become VTS. These positions are already not used to their potential, and instead of adding to what they can do, they just added another position entirely :blobcatunamused:

The governing body for vet med also was against this, however being that they are the GOVERNING BODY in the US, they ironically are going to have to come up with some kind of policy and procedure for these mid-level practitioners. Which is just funny. But this proposition did not discuss at all what requirements this new mid-level practitioner might require as far as education and credentials, so that will all lay on the AVMA.

They also really fucked with federal laws allowing these people to prescribe controlled substances. That will be a huge headache for pharmacies.

The single good thing I have heard about this is it might help with animal shelters and high volume spay/neuter. I kinda don't see this happening though. Working in animal shelters, I can promise you most of them will not look to hire a new employee to do spay/neuters, most don't even bother with having an LVT on staff let alone a vet. At best, they may make an existing employee get credentialed, but then said employee will likely be really over-burdened with work. The last thing I would want to do while working at a shelter is take up even more responsibility. I foresee a lot of burned out shelter workers accidentally killing animals.

But I guess time will tell. I honestly think this will just be another useless unused mid-level position.

Thanks for coming to my rant. :blobcatwave:
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Adequately Imperfect · 61w
Wow, that is kind of messed up on thd surgery front to allow lower level of training, althoughni can see a space for specific surgery training and licensing not blanket licensing. and it's completely fucked on the prescription front, that is totally not going to lead to pill farming, not at all.
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OK remember when I said yesterday's megacolon was the worst one I've ever seen?
I lied, this is the worst.
Yeah that big white thing in the middle is all feces. It is pushing against the spine, and likely other organs that we can't see here.
For reference, that little opaque oval to the left is a heart.

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GM GM

Had my dandelion salad. Not awful. Kinda just tasteless. But it was free so ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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:catnoearscrown: Rwoeidk :disputed: :huhcat: :apartyblobcat: :buceespet: · 107w
truly a tapir, eating his salad
Maria2000 · 108w
One of my husband's pigeons. There are many of them.
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An angelfish at Denver Zoo getting a CT scan

Tfw a fuckin fish has better healthcare than you :crying:

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0xfa · 116w
This is fine ๐Ÿฅฒ https://image.nostr.build/610764896779e68f297bb0042fcc262e8ad3f1cac06d5c8e2d32805cd7b2e616.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=500x667&blurhash=_OG%2BBzn%23.8t8jZIUj%5D%7Eqa%24R*t7axj%40ayxvIUIUogbHt7WAWAogj%40RjkCt7ofoJxuaeRiWBkCofkCoeWBWBayaza%7DM%7BogayfPofWBa%7Dt7Rjj%5Bt7ayWBWBoKWAofogWBj%5...
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Good morning

My first day off in a couple of weeks.

Took some time to enjoy the flowers. I'm seeing these yellow flowers everywhere this time of year. The grow tall as fuck, as you can tell from the last pic. Or maybe I'm only 3ft tall. Your call.





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DecentralizedDude · 127w
Good morning! ๐Ÿฆฉ๐ŸŒžโ˜• I wish you a fantastic Saturday! I hope you can enjoy the weekend to the fullest. ๐Ÿ˜Š
Fiat Shenanigans ๐Ÿคก๐ŸŒŽ · 133w
I like compelling writing that uses a lot of metaphor