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Dr. Walt’s Warning Signs of Quackery
I ran across a series of posts from a physician which I think do a thorough job of identifying warning signs of unscientific, irrational or outright quack medical treatments. They’re not organized in a particularly systematic way, but they cover … Continue reading
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Holistic Vet Asks, “IF CAM doesn’t work, why is it allowed?”
A certain “holistic” veterinarian about whom I’ve written before (here, here, here, and—well, you get the idea) has asked a couple of good questions on his own blog, though not surprisingly I don’t find his answers at all convincing. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in General, Law, Regulation, and Politics
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ACVIM 2010 Forum– Poster: Vaccination and Immune-Mediated Disease
Apparent Lack of Association between Primary Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia and Recent Vaccination in Dogs A.A. Huang; J. Coe; G.E. Moore; J.C. Scott-Moncrieff I’ve written about the proposed association of vaccination and immune-mediated diseases, in particular immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (destruction of red … Continue reading
Posted in Vaccines
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The SkeptVet on Science-Based Medicine: BARF Diets
I just wanted to let everyone know that I have a guest post out today on the Science-Based Medicine blog, Raw Meat and Bones Diet for Dogs: It’s Enough to make you BARF. I have followed SBM for a long time, … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition
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From ACVIM Forum 2010– Poster: Injectable nutraceutical for cats
Systemic Effects of a Commercial Preparation of Chondrotin Sulfate, Hyaluronic Acid and N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine When Administered Parenterally to Healthy Cats M.R. Lappin; J.K. Veir; C.B. Webb This poster investigated an injectable nutraceutical containing glucosamine, chondroitin, and hyaluronic acid. I’ve written about … Continue reading
Posted in Herbs and Supplements
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From ACVIM Forum 2010–Poster: Antibodies to Feline Vaccines
I’m currently attending the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) continuing education forum, followed by the Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine Association (EBVMA) symposium, and between lectures, labs, and other events I’m going to try and post tidbits of interest I … Continue reading
Posted in Vaccines
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Evidence-Based Canine Allergy Treatment
Allergies are an incredibly common, and frustrating, problem in pet dogs. Unlike humans, respiratory manifestations of environmental allergies are not usually very noticeable. Dogs with allergies get itchy skin, and they scratch like crazy as a result. The underlying inflammation … Continue reading
Posted in Science-Based Veterinary Medicine
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Uncertainty-What It Means and What It Doesn’t
It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn’t get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before … Continue reading
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The Placebo Effect In Song
Happy Birthday, SketpVet! 🙂 Today marks the first anniversary of this blog. Not a momentous event for the world at large, but yet another reminder of the fleeting nature of time for me. Apparently, in the last year I have … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humor
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JAVMA Article on Electroacupuncture for IVDD
A couple of readers have asked me to comment on a study that appears in this month’s Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Comparison of decompressive surgery, electroacupuncture, and decompressive surgery followed by electroacupuncture for the treatment of dogs … Continue reading
Posted in Acupuncture
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