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Big Easy's rebound has been anything but for DVMs
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DVM
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August 1, 2008
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IN THE NEWS
With city back to half its pre-Katrina size, veterinary clinics are fewer but doing OK
NEW ORLEANS - Local veterinarians say growth doesn't mean their practices are brimming with clients, especially considering the number of clinics has declined, due to delayed construction, financial and other reasons, so that the number of practices remaining is just about on par with the client base.
The rapid growth in the New Orleans metropolitan area - the city was named the fastest growing in the nation last year - has brought the population back to about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina struck three years ago, the U.S. Census Bureau reported in July.
Veterinarians throughout the ...