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Alternative Treatments for Pet Health

 
Complementary and Alternative Medicine is now a recognized modality for treatment by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).  Additional modalities of diagnosis and treatment are now emerging in veterinary and human medicine.  Veterinary medicine, like all professions, is rapidly changing.  Accepting these new techniques and treatment protocols is a big step for the profession.  Below is a list of some of these alternative medical modalities used in veterinary medicine today.

Acupuncture:

Although Veterinary Acupuncture is still regarded as experimental, it has been shown to be a clinically safe and effective treatment for specific conditions if used properly and competently.

Learn more: Veterinary Acupuncture  
   

Chiropractic

Chiropractic care can be integrated into the veterinary practice in many ways.  As preventative health care, or as a treatment for animals with chronic back and neck pain or disk disease.

Learn more: Veterinary Chiropractic  
   

Holistic Veterinary Medicine

Holistic veterinary medicine incorporates aspects of both alternative and conventional diagnostic and treatment modalities.  It incorporates aspects of Acupuncture and Acutherapy, Chiropractic, Homeopathy, Nutraceutical, as well as conventional medicine, surgery, and dentistry.

 
   

Homeopathy

Homeopathy involves the treatment of the patient as a whole, mind and body, and includes consideration of lifestyle, nutrition, and other inter-related factors.

Learn more: Veterinary Homeopathy  
   

Neutraceuticals: Vitamins & Minerals

Nutrients and nutritional supplements as therapeutic agents, a list of popular supplements including vitamins and minerals. Listed below are examples of each, and how they may benefit.

Learn more: Vitamins and Minerals for Pets
   

Nutrition and Cancer Therapy

Recent research has discovered that cancer cells behave somewhat differently from normal cells in their nutritional requirement for energy. 

Learn more: Nutrition & Cancer  
   

Nutrition and Disease

List of Nutritional Suppliment doses for several types of diseases in dogs and cats.

Learn more: Nutrition and Disease