Illustrative Case Histories
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There follow links to brief reports of a few of AVMC’s patients, sorted by species. More examples will doubtless be added later. While some of the responses may seem surprising, they can be repeatable and the explanation is purely pragmatic. It is true to say, of course, that these results are NOT achievable in every case but they do show the possibilities. Many ‘owners' have found the alternative approach to health very rewarding. We have the records of each of these cases.
Actual wording, received 27th July 2012:
“Most gigantic difference in him – totally different horse – no longer so tricky – absolute joy to work with him now – brilliant!” more info
The cases have been treated holistically, in some cases with an integrated program of different therapies (e.g. herbal medicine (herbs), homeopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic). Holistic vet work involves working on the whole patient, taking into account environment, diet and lifestyle factors that may impinge on healing capability. The holistic vet cannot draw lines around a particular problem or issue. He or she must widen horizons to take in the whole picture.
In the interests of transparency, we have also uploaded the results of ongoing case outcome monitoring, for interest. Click the link: Outcome Study.
N.B.: This study includes only cats, dogs and horses.
The recurring theme is recovery, apparently against the odds. However, it is a fact that three factors (and only three) affect the chances of cure (or improvement).
They are:
- The body must have a relevant capability or mechanism for cure (or improvement) and the will to do so.
- We must be able to find an effective medical stimulus for that mechanism (e.g. correct homeopathic medication).
- We must identify and remove any possible obstacles to recovery.
The name of the disease is not in that list, meaning that the disease name does not define the chances of positive outcome. This fact may explain the apparently ‘unlikely' outcomes, in so many cases. A few are shown here, to illustrate the capability of the body to heal itself, when given guidance and appropriate stimulus and when the constraints are removed.
Herbal | Acupuncture | Homeopathy | Chiropractic | Nutrition | Natural | Holistic |
We also have a small collection of ‘testimonial‘ letters, for interest. There are, of course, many of these that throw light on possible outcomes for certain diseases. We therefore recommend that you take a look.
If you have a case history relating to treatment received at AVMC, and feel that it might be helpful to site visitors, please feel free to submit it for possible inclusion on these pages. Use the Testimonials box or Feedback box or send an e-mail plus attachment to: admin
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The cases are organised by species. Click the required link:
Horses | Dogs | Cats | Farm Species | Goats | Donkeys | Birds |
Minuet – 3 year-old Thoroughbred mare – Chronic Salmonellosis
Betsy – 3 year-old Welsh Pony female – Auto-Immune Disease
Henry – 8 year-old Hannoverian x Thoroughbred gelding – Severe Wound,
Serious Infection and Tissue Deficit
Chicken – a 7 year-old Thoroughbred gelding – Chiropractic case
Henry – a thirteen-year-old chestnut gelding – Inveterate skin problem
Impey – 17 y.o. Welsh Section A gelding – Losing condition & can’t put weight back on him
- D. – 4 year-old Mare, presented by Mrs – – – – of Cumbria – a Chiropractic case
Paparina – 10 y.o. Thoroughbred cross mare – Chronic maxillary sinus infection
Jessie – 21 y.o. Anglo-Arab mare – Urticaria and possible Cushings
Kalabre – 13 y.o. TB gelding – Collapsed pastern joint
Megan – 13 y.o. Welsh Section D mare – Skin problem
Merlin – Dartmoor Pony gelding – Chiropractic case
Monty – 5 y.o. Shetland Pony gelding – Chronic Laminitis
Morena – Andalusian mare – Arthritis, Navicular & Kissing Spines
Wizard – 25 y.o. Cleveland Bay X gelding – Chronic Corneal Ulcer
Red Fox – a 27 y.o. New Forest X gelding – Chronic Laminitis and Cushings Syndrome
Sophie – 12 y.o. German Warmblood mare – Chronic Skin Problem
Squirrel – a 16 y.o. New Forest Pony gelding – Chronic Laminitis
Bisto – 31 y.o. New Forest x Appaloosa gelding – Cushings, Laminitis, Asthma, Eczema
Chance – a 16 y.o. Welsh Section D gelding – Acute Laminitis
Chanté – 21 y.o. Welsh x Arab mare – Laminitis and Cushings syndrome
Big Mac – a 9 y.o. Miniature Shetland gelding – Laminitis and Sweet Itch
Harry – 9 y.o. part Arab gelding – Nodular disease
Winston – 21 y.o. Welsh Section D gelding – Head shaking (headshaking or head-shaking), COPD & itch
Garrison Savannah – Cheltenham Gold Cup winner 1991
Nicky – 9 y.o. Haflinger gelding – Navicular disease
Z—- – 9 year-old mare – Head shaking
E.B. – 16 y.o. Thoroughbred gelding – Urticaria & Head Shaking
Tammy – 16 y.o. Connemara mare – Chronic Laminitis without remission
Maverick – 10 year-old Cob gelding – Sweet itch and tendency to laminitis
Solo – Welsh Section D gelding – Navicular with subsequent fracture, skin disease, cough
(COPD), sweet itch etc.
G******** – 17 year-old Thoroughbred X – Sarcoids
K****** – 8 y.o. Irish gelding – Headshaking
O****** – 16 y.o. TBx gelding – Headshaking
Zara – 2 year-old Dobermann female – Osteosarcoma Pelvis
Misty – English Setter female – Mammary Carcinoma
Captain – 3 year-old Chocolate Labrador male – Hepato-Cutaneous Syndrome
Halo – 10½ week-old Sheltie female – Head Gland Disease
Fraser – 14 month-old male German Shepherd Dog – Eosinophilic Myositis
Ruff – a case reported on another website
Aru – 10/11 y.o. male German Shepherd Dog – Prostate Hypertrophy & Perineal Hernia
Barney – 5½ year-old Newfoundland male – Pyoderma and Pseudomonas infection of the ears
Bartie – 9½ year-old male Labrador – Arthritis and Skin
Cassie – a 4 year-old Irish Wolfhound spayed bitch (brindle) – Skin problem
Truffle – an 11 year-old female Chocolate Labrador – Osteoarthritis
Daisie – an 11 month-old female Boxer – Chronic Diarrhoea
Dazzle – male Dachshund – inveterate skin problem
Penny – 5 y.o. female Cocker Spaniel – Acute lumbar pain/spasm
Jed – 7 y.o. male Golden Retriever – Arthritis
Hako – 7 y.o. Dalmatian x Pointer – abscess on spine – a rare condition producing pain and hind limb paralysis
Ron – 2 y.o. male Chesapeake Bay Retriever – Allergic Dermatitis (possibly Autoimmune) Skin
Mick – 14 year-old male Border Collie X – Liver Tumour
Fern – Flatcoated Retriever – Persistent Bloating – Intestinal Motility Disorder
Midleton – 1 year-old male Irish Setter – Hip Dysplasia
Lucky – 7 year-old male Jack Russell Terrier – Allergic Dermatitis (Skin)
Poppy – 3 y.o. Jack Russell Terrier female – Chronically infected, swollen, ulcerated right fore foot
Rowan – 4 y.o. female Working Collie – Epilepsy
Shap – 10 year-old male Golden Retriever – Nasal Carcinoma
Sophie – 3¼ y.o. female Spinone – Collapse, Jaundice, Liver failure
Tess – 2½ y.o. female Border Collie from Leicestershire – Lameness left fore leg
Ollie – 8 y.o. male Labrador x GSD – Renal dysfunction
Wasp – 6 y.o. male jack Russell Terrier – Behavioural problems – aggression with other dogs
Bertie – 4 year-old male English Springer Spaniel – Spindle-Cell Tumour
Johnny – 6 y.o. male Greyhound – chronic lameness right fore leg
Questa – 12 y.o. female Labrador – Stiffness right hind
Rema – 5½ year-old female GSD – diagnosed with Hip Dysplasia
Tess – a 1 year-old Golden Retriever bitch – Parvovirus
Sam – male GSD 8½ y.o. at outset of treatment – CDRM
Jemima – 12 year-old female Dachshund – diagnosed with Bladder Cancer (with .pdf picture file)
Elvis – 7 year-old Lurcher – Heart Murmur, Anxiety, Fractured Leg
Harvey – 10½ month-old Weimaraner – chronic diarrhoea and digestive problem (colitis)
Danny – 12 year-old Golden Retriever – Suspect CDRM
Ellie – 2½ year-old Border Collie – Corneal Lipidosis / Corneal opacity
Sudio – 10½ month-old Labrador female – Severe Hip Dysplasia
Skye – 11 month-old Patterdale Terrier female – Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia (AIHA aka IMHA)
Daisy – 18 w.o. female tabby kitten – Chronic Diarrhoea
Jo-Jo – 10 y.o. male Birman – Kidney problems
Milo – 14 y.o. male semi-feral DSH cat – Diabetes
Ruckus and Rumpus – two litter sisters – 9½ y.o. female Burmese – Fits/Seizures
Jet – 5 y.o. female – Feline Leukaemia Virus (FeLV)
Bianca – 11 y.o. female DSH cat – general immune problem
Big Boy – male neuter – severe skin problem with photographs
Sambo – Burmese male neuter – feline asthma
Harry – 18 m.o. male Pygmy Goat – Chronic Lameness
Koko – 30 y.o. Donkey gelding – Chronic Laminitis
Peppi – 7 year-old Lutino Cockatiel male – Beak & Feather Disease (PBFD)/Feather Pulling
If you wish to submit a case history, of an animal seen by AVMC, please e-mail while our feedback facilities are not functioning correctly.
These Case Records are of a selection of cases handled over the years. They have been selected from remembered cases or from those from whom we have received recent updates, thus drawing attention to them. These cases have been chosen to illustrate various points and to show the capability of natural medicine. They are presented for information, not in order to make any unreasonable claims, nor to ‘score points’ off any veterinary colleague. They are just a selection from our files, chosen to illustrate certain aspects of the work over the years in natural medicine at the AVMC.
They show:
- that natural medicine can be very effective, even when chronic conditions have failed to respond to conventional drugs;
- that the treatment is not necessarily dependent upon firm diagnosis;
- that effective follow-up does not necessarily involve frequent visits to the surgery;
- that appropriate intervals between remedy and report are of very variable length, depending upon the dynamics of the case – a remedy has to be given time before a response can be assessed;
- that therapeutic responses are preceded by reports of increased well being; this is an essential prerequisite to real healing of illness;
- that there can be ‘aggravations‘ preceding healing;
- that there is reasonable expectation that many conditions which carry a hopeless conventional prognosis may respond to natural medicine methods;
- that such responses can result in real resolution of the problem, with no need for further pain-killing, anti-inflammatory or antibiotic treatment;
- that many cited cases had, by coincidence, already been the subject of referral to Veterinary School Hospitals, with unsuccessful outcomes, prior to natural medicine treatment.
- We do not wish to enter into degrading and unprofessional arguments about the relative efficacy of homeopathy and other natural medicines versus conventional drug medicine. However, if one were to believe some of the vociferous and strident critics of homeopathy, all these cases would have recovered on their own and their recovery under homeopathic treatment is mere coincidence! Believe what you will; we'll continue to serve animals and animal welfare as best we can and try to ignore the insistent but bigoted and unscientific claptrap that is served up by those who choose not examine the results of homeopathic treatment, which are openly published in good faith here and elsewhere.
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