Vet prices 'on the up'
Caring for your pet costs more now than it did before, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has suggested.
The organisation pointed out yesterday that diagnosis and treatment among vets have improved significantly in recent years.
In turn, this has had a knock-on effect on the pet insurance market, with latest figures from Datamonitor showing 17 per cent annual growth in pet premiums income.
Pet insurance is generally used by animal owners worried that they will be forced to pay off debt by being left out of pocket by vets' bills - which can come to thousands of pounds if injuries suffered to a pet are serious.
Ex-BVA president John Bower, who still practices as a vet, commented: "Costs have gone up an awful lot over the last 30 or 40 years.
"Veterinary medicine has improved…particularly diagnosis - there are far more tests available these days to find out what is wrong with the animal."
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