Science
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Oct- 2012 -24 October
New online holistic pet care course launched
A leading holistic vet is offering a course covering the fundamental principles of natural pet care. Holly Mash, the author of The Holistic Dog – a complete guide to natural health care, is offering the distance learning course which is fully downloadable by enrolling at http://www.civtedu.org/how-to-enrol. Entrants who complete the…
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Jul- 2012 -4 July
Demand for alternative therapies grows in the US
Demand for alternative pet therapies is on the rise in the United States, with unorthodox treatments such as veterinary acupuncture and chiropractic, Reiki healing, raw-food diets and telepathic ‘animal communicators’ making up an increasingly large portion of the country’s billion-dollar pet industry. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, there are now…
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Jun- 2012 -27 June
New tools for evaluating quality of life for dogs and cats with heart disease
Veterinarians at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University have developed two surveys that could help evaluate the quality of life for dogs and cats with heart disease. Two surveys known as ‘FETCH’ (Functional Evaluation of Cardiac Health) and ‘CATCH’ (Cats’ Assessment Tool for Cardiac Health) have been…
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