Complementary and alternative veterinary medicine, CAVM or VetCAM is popular out of all proportion to its evidence base. This site aims to cast a light into the murky world of unsubstantiated, occasionally murderous claims made by promoters of implausible and irresponsible medical practices, veterinary or otherwise.
Friday, 20 June 2014
BSAVA position statement on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
The British Small Animal Veterinary Society have issued a position statement on CAVM. It can be found here.
It's pretty diplomatic stuff really (as you'd expect in this day and age) but there is a thread of hard truth running through it, for example:
"Health claims for many complementary and alternative therapies are far in excess of the available scientific data, and sometimes in frank contradiction to scientific evidence."
Very refreshing - it's a pity truth and logic have never been greatly valued by the multi-billion pound CAVM industry.
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