By Dr. Becker
Dr. Royal believes that eventually, vets who aren’t expanding the services they offer into the complementary/alternative realm will be in the minority. When she attends American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) (conventional medicine) meetings, other attendees approach her constantly because they know she practices integrative medicine.
They say things like, “This is something we can’t handle. Do you have another answer for us?” Or, “What do you do for that condition?” Or, “How do you treat XYX?” So it seems veterinarians in traditional practice are really starting to look for answers beyond what they were taught in vet school.
Now that the AHVMA is a member of the AVMA House of Delegates, AVMA members seem to feel freer asking questions about non-traditional treatments. Western medicine practitioners are seeing their own patients cured by integrative practitioners – patients they’ve been trying to cure for years in some cases.
Dr. Royal says she’s been really amazed at how positive the response has been from Western medicine practitioners who are fascinated by what we do…
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