| People often wonder why it is as expensive as it is to | | | | the standard larger ones. Another thing to consider, is |
| have their animal treated at a veterinary clinic. After all, | | | | that unlike a standard medical clinic that is equipped to |
| it is only an animal, so the vet doesn't have to pay for | | | | accommodate human patients a veterinary clinic has |
| malpractice insurance in the same way that a | | | | to handle a wide variety of species of pets. |
| standard medical practitioner does. What people don't | | | | Other Expenses to Consider |
| often consider though is the actual expense of | | | | This means that all varieties and sized of veterinary |
| operating a veterinary clinic, which also includes the | | | | medical equipment, such as respirators have to be |
| purchasing of veterinary medical equipment. | | | | purchased and kept on hand. Add to this expense the |
| Specialized Medical Equipment | | | | cost of maintaining facilities to keep a wide variety of |
| Take a look around your doctors office or an | | | | animals over night. |
| emergency room in a hospital. Everything that is there | | | | The Costs of Higher Education |
| is specialized. In fact even the scale that is used for | | | | Also, a doctor of veterinary medicine has to pay off |
| weighing people is an electronic scale that is capable | | | | the costs incurred while they were pursuing their higher |
| of precise measurements and of accommodating | | | | education and education costs the same no matter |
| people with physical difficulties. | | | | what type of medicine a person is studying. In fact, did |
| Specialized Veterinary Medical Equipment | | | | you know that it is more difficult to get into a |
| A veterinary clinic also has to have an expensive | | | | veterinary school then it is to get accepted into a |
| specialized scale. In fact, they have to have more then | | | | medical school? |
| one of them for handling very small animals as well as | | | | |