Where the pets are
This map shows how many pets per small animal practitioner live in each state.
Sometimes it feels like your practice is a revolving door of pet after pet after pet. And if you practice in, say, New Mexico, you have the potential to treat thousands more pets than your counterpart in Colorado. Click on this map to see which states have the most pets per veterinarian, which states have the least, and which states have everything in between.
Pets and veterinarians, state by state (illustrations by Marci Roth) (Source: AVMA study, "Attitudes of Pet Owners Towards Cats and Their Veterinary Care")
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