Its emerged that the Donegal Animal Hospital in Letterkenny is charging €500 for an out-of-hours farm visit.
If a farmer was to bring an animal to the hospital the fee would be €200.
The practice joined corporate company Independent Vetcare in January which the IFA says has caused such a hike in call out fees.
Odile Evans is News Correspondent with the Irish Farmers Journal:
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