veterinary

Oh no (thanks to David Colquhoun for pointing this out). My Alma Mater (Edinburgh University) is promoting veterinary acupuncture. :mad::mad::mad:

My dog Mallory is having surgery next week to repair a partially torn cranial cruciate ligament (the equivalent to an ACL in humans). She's a border collie, so she kind of needs her knee. However, we are opting for the simpler graft surgery as opposed to the TPLO, which is normally done on...

I have just had a terrible day with one of my old patients. She is a very sweet, 12 year old beagle. I diagnosed her with a neurofibrosarcoma on her wrist joint about a year ago. This is a particularly nasty tumor that is resistant to chemo and radiation therapy. The only real hope for a...

It seems Veterinary homoeopaths have their own little section in Wikipedia. While idly surfing recently I experienced a strange frisson as I came across the following section in Wikepedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Association_of_Homeopathic_Veterinary_Surgeons). It states: So the...

Hiya, I have an old pony (she's about 35) who hasn't come through the winter too well. She's looking very skinny and has lost quite a lot of muscle mass. The other horses have started to gain weight with the spring grass coming through, but she hasn't. She had her teeth done last november, and...

Yes, I know there are too many homoeopathy threads right now, but I haven't started one for ages! This letter appeared in last week's Veterinary Times. I didn't want to post the whole thing to the forum, but I seem to have identified a solution to that. Homoeopaths 'guilty of deliberate...

Hmm seems the veil has slipped a little. Read what Penelsetter and Georgianna have to say in these two threads while still steadfastly sticking up for Wim the Woo. http://homeopathyforums.hpathy.com//forum_posts.asp?TID=2367&PN=1...

Much discussion among sceptical vets regarding a letter which appeared in Veterinary Times last week. Background. In the UK vets are bound by a law known as the "cascade" which obliges them to use licensed medicines where available, choosing from a "cascading" list of availability. Read all...

Something that John Benneth posted to his list: -------------------------------- Critics of homeopathy say that it's nothing more than a placebo. How is it then that there is this growing field of veterinary homeopathy? Despite all their whining, the critics of homeopathy just can't seem to...