Racetrack, reproductive work said to be hit the hardest
As far as Dr. Scott A. Spaulding, Badger Veterinary Hospital’s managing partner, could tell this past spring, 2008 would be the mixed animal practice’s most profitable year.
Instead, the Janesville, Wis., equine veterinarian has watched the practice’s small animal transactions go flat or decrease slightly since June, and horse transactions contract by as much as 15 percent to 20 percent from this time last spring.
More bad news came when the local General Motors plant closed Dec. 23, 2008. About 1,800 factory workers lost their jobs, and hundreds who worked at companies that supplied the plant also became unemployed in the town of about 60,000.
“It’s yet to be determined, the impact of the GM plant closing,” Dr. Spaulding said. “The question is ‘Is the other shoe going to drop, and how big will it be?'”
Dr. Spaulding doesn’t appear to be alone. Equine practitioners throughout the United States and from all areas of equine medicine have reported flat or declining work volumes and revenue.
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