Placebos for Pets? The Truth About Alternative Medicine in Animals.

Brennen McKenzie

Whether online or in the local pet store, there is a bewildering variety of pet healthcare products and services to choose from. Diets and supplements, ancient herbs and folk remedies, and even high-tech treatments like hyperbaric oxygen tanks and laser therapy. Everything promises to give your pet better health and a longer life, and isn’t that what every pet owner wants?

But how do you know if all of these products do what they claim? Are they safe? If they really are miraculous cures, why are so many offered only on the Internet or by a few veterinarians specialising in “alternative medicine?”

McKenzie, a vet with twenty years of experience and the former president of the Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine Association, helps pet owners and veterinary professionals understand the claims and the evidence, allowing them to make better choices for their companions and patients.

“I highly recommend this book. It’s well worth reading even if you don’t have a pet. It is well-written and easy to read, with clear explanations provided in a conversational tone. McKenzie is respectful of most questionable treatments and describes the positive research findings, although he points out their failings… It’s a useful compendium of information on alternative medicine for animals, and it teaches readers how to figure out for themselves whether they can believe a new health claim.”

Dr Harriet Hall, Science Based Medicine.

ISBN: 9781912701360

Released: 01/11/2019

Price: $17.99