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At 12:22 PM 9/16/2003, Jonni Jewell wrote:
> I still think very often, groups like this can give some of the best 
> information

I would like to know what might be done to combat overpricing of vaccines 
like WNV.  People are being gouged.  A local rancher got his for $4/shot 
from somewhere in Texas (I'm in NM).  My regular vet offered me WNV vaccine 
for $25/shot.  I went elsewhere to buy and gave my first round of shots for 
a "discounted" price of $21.50 per shot - cost me almost $300 to cover all 
my horses.  The second shot I hunted around and found a source in AZ for 
$15 each.  Only after that did I discover that the shots could be had for 
$4 each.

I'm pretty upset about that.

I hate to say it, but some vets are clearly padding their retirement 
accounts on our concerns for horses.  Price gouging is illegal in 
emergencies, but I guess the government doesn't think that WNV in horses is 
an emergency.



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           Quemado NM USA


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