What were the target and period of the survey conducted by Zpeer?

In April 2026, Zpeer conducted a web survey targeting 314 veterinarians registered on the veterinary information platform 'Betopia'.

What were the trends in the survey results regarding veterinarians' workload?

In medium to large-scale animal hospitals with more than four veterinarians, there is a tendency for the workload to increase, with about 30% of veterinarians responding that they are too busy to continue working at this pace.

What additional work do veterinarians want to increase outside of disease treatment?

The top categories veterinarians want to increase are 'health check-ups (35%)', 'prescribing deworming medication (20%)', and 'combined vaccines (18%)'.

What work do veterinarians want to reduce?

About 30% of veterinarians currently operating pet hotels want to reduce this category. Although it is not a medical task, it is labor-intensive and burdensome.

What are the main businesses of Zpeer Inc.?

Zpeer Inc. operates the veterinary information platform 'Betopia' and sells animal healthcare products.

Zpeer Releases Veterinarian Survey, Highlighting Heavy Workloads in Medium-to-Large Clinics

Published May 25, 2026 7:00 PM ・ Updated Jun 14, 2026 4:48 PM ・ 4 min read ・ Source: PR TIMES

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.

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.

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Zpeer Releases Veterinarian Survey, Highlighting Heavy Workloads in Medium-to-Large Clinics

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