Should Your Dog’s Food be Grain Free?
Your dog is important to you, so it follows that you want to treat him or her right and provide only the highest quality food. This makes sense, as …
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Holistic Veterinarian Techniques: Acupuncture for Diabetes Mellitus
There are 2 types of diabetes mellitus, type-1 and type-2, with the former being produced by the decreased production of insulin due to disorders of the pancreatic β-cells, while …
Holistic Veterinarian Techniques: Ozone and Epilepsy/Seizures Treatment
Epilepsy is a common seizure disorder affecting a wide array of animals and humans. Antioxidant/pro-oxidant imbalance are emerging as factors that contribute to the gradual process by which a …
Holistic Veterinary Techniques: Ozone and Postoperative Pain
Since all analgesics (pain killers) currently available for use in dogs have been associated with some adverse effects, the search for an effective analgesic that does not cause harm …
Holistic Veterinarian: Feline Heartworm Disease – A Diagnostic Challenge
Feline heartworm disease is a very different clinical entity from canine heartworm disease. In cats, the arrival and death of immature heartworms in the pulmonary arteries can cause coughing and dyspnea as early as 3 …
5 Signs Your Pet Has Asthma
Asthma is a common and sometimes debilitating condition that affects millions of humans every day. You may not know, however, that it is also a common problem for many …
Holistic Veterinarian Techniques: Acupuncture for the Treatment of Asthma (Part 1)
In animals and humans, asthma is a common chronic disease with a multi-factorial etiology and only partially understood mechanism. Most of the currently available treatments, such as anti-inflammatory drugs and …
Holistic Veterinarian Techniques: Acupuncture for the Treatment of Asthma (Part 2)
Asthma is the result of inflammation of the airways that subsequently leads to bronchoconstriction and airway hyper-responsiveness. Several studies have reported that acupuncture treatment has an immunomodulatory effect (via inflammatory …
Holistic Veterinarian Techniques: Acupuncture for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
It is virtually impossible to turn on the television at night for more than one hour and not see a commercial for the treatment of IBS. What most people …
Holistic Veterinarian: Blood Flow Changes Post Massage Therapy
Soft tissue massage therapy is a manual technique that claims to increase blood flow to treated areas. Surprisingly, little to no data exists to support this claim in the …