Contract Veterinary Services Are the Financial Answer

Abstract

Equally challenging as establishing a production medicine practice, is establishing a fee structure satisfactory to all parties. A system working well for me is a monthly retainer fee. Each dairy is charged a monthly fee calculated from the number of cows on that month's DHI summary. The fee is charged on a regressive scale, creating larger per cow fees for small herds than for large dairies. This scale is limited by minimum and maximum fees.