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PET ACUPUNCTURIST.
Autores: Yang, Jia Lynn
Fuente: Fortune. 10/31/2005, Vol. 152 Issue 9, p4545. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
Tipo de Interview
documento:
Descriptores: Acupuncture
Pets Health
Arthritis Treatment
Intervertebral disk displacement Treatment
Dogs
Cats
NAICS/Códigos 112990 All Other Animal Production
del sector: 411110 Live animal merchant wholesalers
453910 Pet and Pet Supplies Stores
112999 All other miscellaneous animal production
Resumen: Reports on acupuncture being used on pets as an alternative for pets that can not
take pain medication. Discussion of other scenarios where pets could benefit from
acupuncture, including when a pet has arthritis or a slipped disk; Revelation that the
author, who is a veterinarian, performs acupuncture mainly on dogs and cats.
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ISSN: 00158259
Número de 18636481
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PET ACUPUNCTURIST
Listen
Sección: American Accent
First
You do what?
Richard Joseph, Westside Veterinary Center, New York City
I'M A VETERINARIAN, AND I HAD THE SAME skepticism about acupuncture that anyone would
have. But then I began to see the results. Acupuncture can be an alternative when an animal can't take
pain killers, or has a slipped disc or arthritis. People come back and comment on how their pets are
jumping up on the couch again. They're playing with toys they haven't played with. I treat mainly dogs
and occasionally cats. I've treated rabbits, and I treated a ferret and an iguana once. Most animals are
very accepting. Sometimes we'll feed them little treats, and they just chow out and totally forget what
you're doing. There are several methods of acupuncture. Sometimes we attach electrical stimulation to
the needle. If the animals show no improvement in three to six treatments, we don't continue. If they do,
we treat them weekly until the effects last from week to week. I've been treating one pet for nine years.
I really feel I've made a difference in many of my patients' lives. And when I say patients, I'm talking not
just about the fourlegged ones. The sessions can be extremely rewarding. The pet is relaxing, the
owners feel as if they're doing something for the animal, and you're helping the animal heal itself. It's a
very good feeling.
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Interview by Jia Lynn Yang
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