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The range of diagnoses to consider, diagnostic tools used and potential treatment or management options for clinical problems that may be perceived by the owner to be the same and present similarly to the veterinarian can be very different. Or the owner might perceive the presenting signs to be attributable to one problem, but in reality, the signs indicate another problem to the veterinarian.

Failure to appropriately define and/or refine the problem can often lead to wasted time and money, as the wrong problem is investigated or treated.

This may:

 Delay reaching a feasible diagnosis

 Delay treatment

 Prolong the disease

 Prolong the patient’s suffering

 Sometimes potentially endanger the life of the patient

 Unnecessarily increase the costs to the client

 Frustrate the veterinarian and client

 Potentially impair the client–veterinarian relationship.