Abstract
Application of veterinary naturopathy and complementary medicine in small animal medicine-A survey among German veterinary practitioners.
Highlights
Naturopathy and complementary medicine are growing fields of interest for veterinarians and pet owners by many international authors [1–5]
Over the last five years, owner demand for naturopathy and complementary treatments was rated as growing by 57.9% of respondents (n = 457 of total 789)
The most commonly named advantages in using veterinary naturopathy and complementary medicine were the expansion of treatment modalities (73.5%, n = 566 of total 770), customer satisfaction (70.8%, n = 545) and lower side effects (63.2%, n = 487)
Summary
Naturopathy and complementary medicine are growing fields of interest for veterinarians and pet owners by many international authors [1–5]. Data on the actual use of these treatment options in veterinary medicine are rare, not specific for small animal science, or have been investigated only for particular treatment modalities [6, 7]. For German-speaking countries (Switzerland, Austria, Germany), Hahn et al [8] investigated the usage of phytotherapy in small animal medicine. They showed that 79% of 189 participants used this treatment option. In an American retrospective study from 2005, Shmalberg and Memon [9] showed that 39% of 5195 pets were treated with integrative modalities with the limitation that neither homoeopathy nor chiropractic treatments was offered at the study hospital (Small Animal Clinical Science, University of Florida). Demographic influences are investigated to describe distributional impacts on using veterinary naturopathy and complementary medicine
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