"It seems the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is on a fast track to kill off the practice of complementary/alternative/holistic veterinary medicine. " I find the holistic vets often combine cutting edge/traditional pharmaceuticals with homeopathy and other holistic methods. Heck, the holistic practitioners were the first ones to use glucosamine, back when the other vets acted as though it were "eye of newt." On the one hand, major vet schools in the US are teaching acupuncture, funding studies into the anti cancer properties of certain mushrooms, and using vaccines against cancer (first used by holistic vets). On the other hand this anonymous white paper is being pushed, some of us feel, by interests set to profit from shutting holistic practices down, ideologically and, eventually, putting the holistic vets out of business. Years ago, they were calling Dr. Jean Dodds and the vets pushing use of chondroitin and glucosamine quacks: now the veterinary schools follow holistic guidelines that were then radical. We need to have our minds open to medicine used worldwide: we may need it.
". . . . when the AVMA was presented with the anti-homeopathy resolution and the anonymously authored white paper, it could not be bothered to get the other side of the story. Astonishingly, the AVMA didn't contact either the AHVMA or the AVH (Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy) for input.
"(Just so we're clear, the AVMA is the professional association most DVMs in the U.S. are affiliated with, regardless of their practice philosophy – traditional/conventional, integrative, holistic, etc. Then there's the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA), which is for DVMs who also or exclusively practice holistic veterinary medicine. Under the holistic umbrella are various associations for DVMs who practice specific alternative/complementary therapies like homeopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, etc.)"
We need both kinds of vet medicine in the US.
Charlotte
Please, Take a look at this article:
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It seems the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is on a fast track to kill off the practice of complementary/alternative/holistic veterinary medicine.
Fast on the heels of their recent anti-raw pet food position statement, they are now about to jam through a similar resolution discouraging the practice of homeopathy for pets.
The anti-homeopathy resolution is especially peculiar, since it arrived at the AVMA through a procedural back door and is based solely on an anonymously authored 32-page white paper that displays the stunning bias of the writer along with an abundance of misinformation.
If you would like not only veterinary homeopathy, but all alternative veterinary therapies to remain available for your pet, we encourage you to contact the AVMA immediately and voice your concerns about this latest resolution, and an overall trend we are seeing toward discouraging the practice of all types of holistic veterinary medici
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Title: Anti-Homeopathy Resolution Slips in Through the Back Door
