Zpeer Releases Veterinarian Survey, Highlighting Heavy Workloads in Medium-to-Large Clinics
Zpeer conducted a survey of 314 veterinarians engaged in pet care regarding their workload and tasks. Results show that medium-to-large clinics with 4+ vets face heavy burdens, with about 30% reporting they cannot sustain the pace. Meanwhile, veterinarians highly value 'health checkups' as non-treatment tasks.
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- 📰 Published: May 25, 2026 at 19:00
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Zpeer, an innovation leader in animal healthcare, has released partial results of a survey on 'veterinarian busyness and desired changes in tasks' targeting veterinarians engaged in pet practice.
## Survey Results
### Increasing Burden in Facilities with 4+ Veterinarians
In medium-sized animal hospitals with 4 or more veterinarians, approximately 30% of vets responded that they are 'too busy and cannot continue working at this pace.' The larger the facility scale, the greater the tendency to feel the operational burden. It is also suggested that the burden is particularly high for hospital directors.
### 'Health Checkups' as the Top Category to Increase (Excluding Disease Treatment)
For non-treatment categories that they want to increase, 'health checkups (35%),' 'anthelminthic prescription (20%),' and 'mixed vaccines (18%)' were ranked highest.
On the other hand, veterinarians who currently feel busy showed a slightly lower percentage for 'health checkups' and a tendency to want to increase 'comprehensive nutritional food/prescription diet prescription.'
### 'Pet Hotel' as the Category to Reduce
Among veterinarians working in facilities that currently operate pet hotels, approximately 30% responded that they want to 'reduce the pet hotel category.' In free-response comments, the large amount of facility effort and burden, despite it not being a medical task, was frequently cited as the reason.
This survey revealed that veterinarians value 'non-treatment categories' such as health checkups as communication tools with pet owners and as a flow for clinical visits.
It also suggests that 'in-hospital pet hotels,' which provide peace of mind to owners, are being operated while placing a heavy burden on veterinarians and staff.
## Survey Overview
Method: Web survey
Target: 314 veterinarians engaged in pet practice registered on the information platform 'Vetpeer'
Period: April 2026
Zpeer operates 'Vetpeer,' an information platform where approximately 80% of veterinarians engaged in pet practice in Japan are registered, and provides services for conducting surveys and interviews to report results along with insights.
## Survey Results
### Increasing Burden in Facilities with 4+ Veterinarians
In medium-sized animal hospitals with 4 or more veterinarians, approximately 30% of vets responded that they are 'too busy and cannot continue working at this pace.' The larger the facility scale, the greater the tendency to feel the operational burden. It is also suggested that the burden is particularly high for hospital directors.
### 'Health Checkups' as the Top Category to Increase (Excluding Disease Treatment)
For non-treatment categories that they want to increase, 'health checkups (35%),' 'anthelminthic prescription (20%),' and 'mixed vaccines (18%)' were ranked highest.
On the other hand, veterinarians who currently feel busy showed a slightly lower percentage for 'health checkups' and a tendency to want to increase 'comprehensive nutritional food/prescription diet prescription.'
### 'Pet Hotel' as the Category to Reduce
Among veterinarians working in facilities that currently operate pet hotels, approximately 30% responded that they want to 'reduce the pet hotel category.' In free-response comments, the large amount of facility effort and burden, despite it not being a medical task, was frequently cited as the reason.
This survey revealed that veterinarians value 'non-treatment categories' such as health checkups as communication tools with pet owners and as a flow for clinical visits.
It also suggests that 'in-hospital pet hotels,' which provide peace of mind to owners, are being operated while placing a heavy burden on veterinarians and staff.
## Survey Overview
Method: Web survey
Target: 314 veterinarians engaged in pet practice registered on the information platform 'Vetpeer'
Period: April 2026
Zpeer operates 'Vetpeer,' an information platform where approximately 80% of veterinarians engaged in pet practice in Japan are registered, and provides services for conducting surveys and interviews to report results along with insights.
FAQ
Zpeerが実施した調査の対象と期間は？
2026年4月に、獣医師向け情報プラットフォーム「ベットピア」に登録しているペット診療従事の獣医師314名を対象にWEBアンケートを実施しました。
獣医師の業務負担に関する調査結果の傾向は？
4人以上の獣医師が所属する中・大規模の動物病院において業務負担感が高まる傾向にあり、約3割の獣医師が「忙しく、このペースでは仕事を続けられない」と回答しました。
獣医師が疾患治療以外で今後増やしたい仕事内容は？
疾患治療以外で今後増やしたいカテゴリーとして、「健康診断（35%）」「駆虫薬処方（20%）」「混合ワクチン（18%）」が上位に挙がりました。
獣医師が減らしたいと考えている業務は？
現在ペットホテルを運営している施設獣医師の約3割が、ペットホテルカテゴリーを減らしたいと回答しました。医療業務ではないものの、労力・負担が大きいことが理由です。
株式会社Zpeerの主な事業は？
動物医療従事者向け情報プラットフォーム「ベットピア」の運営や、動物医療関連製品の販売を行っています。