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Scott Neuman

There's a shortage of vets to treat farm animals. Pandemic pets are partly to blame

Andy Berry approaches one of his cows at his farm in New Hebron, Miss., on Dec. 16, 2022. (Rory Doyle for NPR)

One night last spring, Andy Berry, a livestock farmer in Mississippi, was working the phone. One of his cows was experiencing a life-threatening breech birth and his regular veterinarian, 40 minutes away, was unavailable.

Berry, who is also executive vice president of the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, spent two hours calling around for help, finally reaching another vet, who immediately made the one-hour drive to his farm in rural Jefferson Davis County.

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