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Product Description
PRODUCT DETAILS: This superb large-format paperback book offers dog lovers a mine of information on how to care for their canines the natural way. Easy-to-follow yet comprehensive, this handbook of natural therapies was written by one of the leading alternative and complementary veterinary medicine practitioners, Dr Barbra Fougère.
After graduating from veterinary college, Barbara became increasingly frustrated with the limited range of options that conventional medicine and surgery offered chronically unwell dogs. Antibiotics, corticosteroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are the mainstay of therapy for these dogs, and generally not ideal for long-term use. Thus, she turned to veterinary herbalism, acupuncture, homeopathy, environmental and nutritional medicine, Reiki and other alternatives to help her patients.
Barbara acknowledges that complementary and alternative veterinary medicine is largely not substantiated by the scientific method. But her observations over countless cases have led her to conclude that natural therapies can, and indeed do, help many dogs to lead healthier lives with enhance wellbeing.
Healthy Dogs is intended to bridge the gap between conventional veterinary medicine and some of the more widely available natural therapies for dogs. With it, all dog lovers – whether veterinary professionals, dog breeders or simply concerned dog owners – have access to the possibilities these alternatives offer.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Publisher: Hyland House
ISBN-10: 1864470569
ISBN-13: 9781864470567
Year Published: 2003
Binding: Paperback
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Dr Barbara Fougère BSc BVMS (Hons) GDBus MOD&T CVA (IVAS), CVHM, CVCP, ACNEM, is a holistic veterinarian and herbalist from Sydney.Barbara is certified in veterinary herbal medicine, veterinary acupuncture and veterinary chiropractic and has studied traditional Chinese herbal medicine, veterinary and human homeopathy, veterinary prolotherapy as well as Reiki and several other therapies. She is a former president of the Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Association and President of the International Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association. Barbara is the author of Healthy Dogs, A Handbook Of Natural Therapies and The Pet Lover's Guide To Natural Therapies For Dogs And Cats, and co-author of Veterinary Herbal Medicine and Integrative Veterinary Medicine. When not in her practice, she is involved with teaching veterinarians and lecturing throughout the world.
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