March: Spring Pathogen
Wednesday, 01 March 2023 09:00WIND - The Spring PathogenRosemarie Niznik, DVM, CVA, CVSMT, CVFT, FCoAC Wind, cold, summer heat, damp, dryness, and fire (heat) are the six climatic changes found in nature. Under normal conditions, they do not produce pathological changes in the body and are thus known as the “Six types o...
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Wednesday, 01 February 2023 09:00Rosemarie A. Niznik, DVM, CVA, CVFT, CVSMT Lymphoma and TCVM of Neoplasia Lymphoma is the most common malignancy of cats, accounting for as much as 30 percent of all feline cancers. Lymphoma is a cancer made of lymphocytes and these lymphocytes readily travel throughout the body via the ly...
Read moreJanuary: Kidney Qi Deficiency in a Dachshund
Sunday, 01 January 2023 09:00Mitsie Vargas DVM, MS, CTCVMP, CVBMA, CVMMP, CCRV, FAAVA History On 12/10/2011 Pepperoni, a 5.5-year-old female spayed Dachshund was presented for acute paralysis due to a ruptured disk at the T13-L1 vertebral space. She had seen another veterinarian that had prescribed steroids, res...
Read moreDecember: Moxibustion for Cold Colic in an Appaloosa Gelding
Thursday, 01 December 2022 09:00Moxibustion for Cold Colic in an Appaloosa Gelding Emily Mangan, DVM, CTCVMP, CCRV, CVMMP The Magic of Moxibustion December is here and as the winter rolls in (at least in the Northern hemisphere), it brings with it the cold and the damp and it makes me think of one thing: how much I really love ...
Read moreNovember: Basic Acupuncture Strategy for Feline Inflammatory Cystitis
Tuesday, 01 November 2022 09:00Basic Acupuncture Strategy for Feline Inflammatory Cystitisby Nell Ostermeier, DVM, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist, FAAVA Acupuncture is an amazing modality that can resolve or alleviate many chronic and idiopathic syndromes that affect our veterinary patients. It is only one of the br...
Read moreOctober: Treatment of Fibrocartilaginous Embolism in a Dog with TCVM
Saturday, 01 October 2022 09:00Treatment of Fibrocartilaginous Embolism in a Dog with TCVM Rosemarie Niznik, DVM, CVA, CVSMT, CVFT. FCoAC ABBREVIATIONSCSF - Cerebral Spinal Fluid CP Conscious proprioceptionFCE Fibrocartilaginous embolism MRI Magnetic resonance imagingTCVM - Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Fibrocartilagi...
Read moreSeptember: Pain Awareness Month – What is Pain in TCVM?
Thursday, 01 September 2022 09:00September: Pain Awareness Month – What is Pain in TCVM? Emily Mangan, DVM, CTCVMP, CCRV, CVMMP The use of acupuncture for analgesia is one of the best-supported and widely-studied benefits of acupuncture. From the early 1970s, when scientific inquiry started investigating acupuncture in the West...
Read moreAugust: Liver Qi Stagnation with Wood Overcontrolling Earth in a Warmblood Mare
Monday, 01 August 2022 09:00Liver Qi Stagnation with Wood Overcontrolling Earth in a Warmblood Mare Emily Mangan, DVM, CVA, CVCH, CVFT, CVTP, CCRV, CVMMP History A 26-year-old Warmblood mare presented for progressively abnormal behavior of five months duration. The mare has always been opinionated and had a history of kicki...
Read moreJuly: TCVM for Poison
Friday, 01 July 2022 09:00TCVM Case 1 Canine adverse effects of poisoning treated integrally with Chinese Herbal Medicine Melissa Alvarenga Haddad. MV. MS-TCVMAlivio Animal Veterinary Clinic, Tegucigalpa, Honduras History: One year and 5 month old canine, cocker spaniel, neutered, with 10.8kg of body weight, was presente...
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