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Preparing For Your Visit
Dear Prospective Dermatology Client

Your veterinarian has referred your animal to me for a dermatology consultation, diagnostic workup and treatment. I look forward to meeting you and your animal. A few points to make before you come to see me are:

  1. If possible please make sure that your animal is not taking corticosteroids, including topical ointments and creams. If this not possible, come anyway. We will cope.
  2. Please do not feed your animal the morning of the consultation.
  3. Please do not shampoo your animal for three days before the consultation
  4. Be prepared for an hour and a half long consultation and/or half-hour or longer revisit. Please bring with you all medications and shampoos that you are using or have used.
  5. Because of the lengthy and complicated nature of the consultation, my charges may be higher than your normal veterinarian’s, although roughly the same on a time allotted basis.
  6. Please fill out the patient history form that should have been sent by the hosting veterinary clinic. I find that getting your history of the case is very important. If you have not received a history form, you can download one below.
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Examples of the charges are as follows:

Consultations

New Client Standard Consultation 11/4 hour $220
New Client Short Consultation 60 minutes $205
New Client Consultation 11/2 hours $245
New Client Extended Consultation 2 hours $280


Revisit

Standard Revisit 30 minutes $185.00

Short Revisit 15-30 minutes $145.00
Extended Revisit 60 minutes $205.00

Travelling surcharge $35.00 (charged outside main centres)

Additional diagnostics may be performed:
Intradermal skin test canine - $400
Intradermal skin test feline - $700
Cytology - $40.00 each or $86.25 for 3
Skin Scrape/hair pluck - $30.00
3 to 5 site biopsy - $495.00 - includes histology, dissociative sedation, materials etc
Lab collection/ interpretation fee $30.00

Please note:
  1. As consultations are at least an hour, last minute cancellations are very disruptive. If it is less than 24 hours before your appointment, there may be a cancellation charge. Please confirm your appointment a few days before hand. 

Duncan at Animal Dermatology NZ Ltd - duncan@animaldermatology.co.nz
                                                        or 0800 skinet (0800 754 638)
Dunedin – Mornington Veterinary Centre, 03 453 0699 or 0800 skinet (0800 754 638)

Nelson – Halifax Veterinary Centre, 03 548 3871
Wellington – Pet Doctors Thorndon, 0800 skinet (0800 754 638)


Kind regards.                                    
Duncan Graham BVSc BSc (Hons)

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