Apr 1, 2008
By:
Randy Kidd, DVM, PhD
As a healing method, acupuncture has been used for several thousand years. However, recent interest in alternative medicines and especially in the alternative medicines in veterinary medicine have made acupuncture an evermore popular complement or alternative to western or allopathic medicine.
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Apr 1, 2008
By:
Randy Kidd, DVM, PhD
The term homeopathy has its roots in one man vision, the German physician, Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843).
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Apr 1, 2008
By:
Randy Kidd, DVM, PhD
Chiropractic is a form of health care that has long been used in man and animals.
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Apr 1, 2008
By:
Randy Kidd, DVM, PhD
Roughly 10 million dogs and cats are euthanized (killed) in shelters every year, and most of these animals are relinquished because they have behavioral problems that the owners can't (or don't want to) deal with.
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Apr 1, 2008
By:
Randy Kidd, DVM, PhD
One could argue that all our pets, all "pack and carry" animals, and all the meat and fiber-producing animals – in other words, all our domesticated animals – are "working" animals.
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Apr 1, 2008
By:
Randy Kidd, DVM, PhD
Alternative therapies have become increasingly popular in recent years, but their use in veterinary medicine is not without controversy.
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Apr 1, 2008
By:
Randy Kidd, DVM, PhD
In the early 1930's an English physician, Dr. Edward Bach, believed that people fell into several distinct emotional types and that each of these types would respond to illness in a particular way.
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Apr 1, 2008
By:
Randy Kidd, DVM, PhD
Throughout recorded history, the ability of fragrance to induce responses and enhance moods has been a powerful theme in virtually every culture, and a variety of fragrances have been used to enhance emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.
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