Talk:Alternative veterinary medicine

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 17 August 2020 and 23 November 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Egracew. Peer reviewers: Mtj416516, Atharenos.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 13:57, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Lead problems

I need help moving the lead (which needs work) above the index!

Italic textThis article needs a pinch more skepticism, not to mention references!--—CynRN ^(Talk) 18:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks QG, for restoring the refs! After sleeping on it, I kind of figured out what I did to delete them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CynRN (talk • contribs) 15:21, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

It annoys me when alternative practitioners claim that they are holistic in absolute contrast to conventional, AKA 'allopathic', practitioners. Mainstream veterinary medicine certainly takes the whole picture into account: the animal's diet, lifestyle, emotional factors. A substantial percentage of veterinarians are using CAM therapies in addition to conventional drugs and surgery, for a variety of reasons. One reason is that there is increasing interest in CAM for humans[1], and pet owners want these options as well. Another reason may be that since many animal (and human) diseases are difficult to treat and have no sure cure, alternative methods give the practitioner something to offer...a little morsel of hope. The cynical view is that CAM is a revenue booster for a practitioner. Unfortunately, much of the American population is unscientific and superstitious. Fifty one percent of Americans believe antibiotics kill viruses, 54% believe in ESP and 25% believe that the sun orbits the earth![2] Pet owners gladly pay for a homeopathic remedy for, say, allergies, because the authority, the veterinarian, recommends it. A fringe element of veterinarians seem to be going the 'naturopathic' route, espousing Magnet therapy, Applied kinesiology, Bach flower remedies and other unscientific treatments. --—CynRN ^(Talk) 19:15, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

VCRA is an Applied Kinesiology method that reliably allows the practitioner to use electrical / electromagnetic interactions of the body to determine the root cause of disease imbalance. VCRA is based on Dr. Versendal’s correlation of energetic (electrical) imbalances between specific (reflex) points on the body surface corresponding to internal organs. It has been determined that it takes 44 pounds of pressure to push down the average person’s arm. When a VCRA reflex point with an imbalance is tested, it only requires 18 pounds of pressure to push the arm down. In using VCRA on animals, a surrogate person touches the animal and they act as a jumper cable to transfer the animal’s electrical energy so their arm muscle may be used to detect the animal’s imbalance. Surrogate AK...and this person is a licensed veterinarian![3] —Preceding unsigned comment added by CynRN (talk • contribs) 02:03, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

The lead does not have a section heading above it, and should summarize the content below. Which reads a bit coat-rack and fork-ish to me. Also, the page needs to be diberried. WLU (talk) 13:35, 5 June 2008

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I plan on taking out the redundant headings and write a paragraph on the modalities used. I'm still recovering from my tropical vacation! Thanks for your help, WLU and Crohnie!!--—CynRN ^(Talk) 15:52, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Further reading

FR should be general, not specific, and these are quite specific. They should be integrated as inline citations instead. Though the final appears to be a blog, which is not a reliable source (see self-published sources). WLU (talk) 13:28, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Adding more to the article

I’m planning on elaborating on this page and providing some specific examples of alternative veterinary medicine and holistic healing. These are the sources I was planning on using. I will be looking at the various alternative veterinary medicine options available as well as how diet can be considered as well.

Integrative veterinary medical education and consensus guidelines for an integrative veterinary medicine curriculum within veterinary colleges from Open Veterinary Journal Memon, M A et al. “Integrative veterinary medical education and consensus guidelines for an integrative veterinary medicine curriculum within veterinary colleges.” Open veterinary journal vol. 6,1 (2016): 44-56. doi:10.4314/ovj.v6i1.7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4824037/?tool=pmcentrez&report=abstract

Complementary and alternative veterinary medicine. From the Canadian Veterinary Journal Hare, D. “Complementary and alternative veterinary medicine.” The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne vol. 40,6 (1999): 376-7.

Psychoactive Herbs in Veterinary Behavior Medicine by Stefanie Schwartz Schwartz, Stefanie. Psychoactive Herbs in Veterinary Behavior Medicine, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2005. ProQuest Ebook Central,

Nutritional strategies to optimize dairy cattle immunity from Journal of Dairy Science Sordillo, L. M. “Nutritional Strategies to Optimize Dairy Cattle Immunity.” Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 99, no. 6, June 2016, pp. 4967–4982. EBSCOhost, doi:10.3168/jds.2015-10354. http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=ebd5b590-5a7f-496f-b6a4-dfd0792b2ea5%40sessionmgr101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=115200656&db=eih

A meaty matter. Pet diet and the vegetarian’s dilemma from Appetite Hank Rothgerber, aA meaty matter. Pet diet and the vegetarian’s dilemma, Appetite, Volume 68, 2013, Pages 76-82, ISSN 0195-6663, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.04.012

Egracew (talk) 15:52, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Response to adding more to article

Hi, if you saw my post on your other talk page please ignore it! I got a little confused on where to post my feedback. Anyway, you have a really nice list of sources as well as a nicely structured plan for your edits. It seems like you know what you are going to do and I think this article will really benefit from your help. I look forward to seeing the changes you make! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zjurkowski24 (talk • contribs) 01:16, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Peer Review

Hello! You appear to have a solid idea of how you want to enhance your chosen article. Adding examples helps the reader understand you, so it is good you are planning to incorporate this. Furthermore, I like that you have scholarly sources, which will help build your credibility. You are on the right track to producing an incredible article!