Evidence-based Medicine For Animal Supplements – Part 2
Everyone remembers the issue with melamine contamination in pet food in 2007. It resulted in Senate hearings during which three areas of concern for pet…
Category: Innovative Practice
Go Team!
For years, veterinarians have been told that the success of their practices relied on doing the jobs they were trained to do, and allowing their…
Hospice Care
Hospice care for terminally ill animals and their families is showing steady growth in demand and supply, and veterinarians are receiving more requests from clients…
Tips for expanding your veterinary services
How to get clients, colleagues and staff on board when introducing integrative treatment options to your practice. Interest in integrative medicine is rising every year…
Are you affected by burnout?
Burnout is a common occurrence within veterinarians. Developing awareness and self care habits are essential to having a successful practice. When we consider the risks…
The Integrative Umbrella
Veterinary medicine is a massive endeavor. Veterinarians are collectively responsible for all knowledge that could be used to maintain or rebuild health, or to relieve…
Integrative pain management
When dealing with chronic pain, integrative pain management takes advantage of all the tools a veterinarian may have available. Both conventional and alternative/complementary therapies to…
Talking Titers
Producing effective and safe vaccines for prevalent infectious diseases in animals has become increasingly challenging. In veterinary medicine, evidence implicating vaccines in triggering immune-mediated and…
Integrative Oncology
In my 24 years of practicing oncology, most of it in Southern California, I have had the pleasure of being exposed to Complementary and Alternative…
Finding CAVM Specialists
“Do you offer acupuncture?” “Could chiropractic treatments help my dog?” More veterinarians are hearing questions like this, thanks to the growing number of clients who…
Equine Thermal Imaging
Thermal imaging finds its niche in diagnosing mystery lamenesses, scanning horses at pre-purchase evaluations, aiding farriers with hoof pathology and imbalances, addressing common saddle-fitting problems,…
Immunotonic Herbs
Regardless of the natural practitioner’s chosen modality — whether it’s Western herbal medicine, traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda or even homeopathy — the goal of improving…