CuraCore Vet

19/01/2026

Kudos to Medical Acupuncture for Veterinarians graduate, Dr. Deepa K Katyal for the successful outcome with a paralyzed wild cobra.

This video shows how medical acupuncture allowed an injured wild cobra to regain neurological function to a paralyzed tail.Dr. Deepa Katyal Engineer, M.V.Sc,...

14/01/2026

Dr. Mike Petty has a helpful column in Veterinary Practice News, regarding how to address pain in senior dogs and cats.

Let’s break down pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical options when dealing with pain in apparently healthy geriatric patients.

08/01/2026

🐕 🐰 🐴 🐈 Local folks. If you're in need of pet or farm animal care, check out Inside and Out Pet Care LLC, owned by one of our fabulous animal volunteer people. They service Loveland, Masonville, Johnstown, Berthoud, and now Fort Collins & Windsor (along I-25) and take care of all pets, from reptiles, rodents, cats & dogs to the farm pets.

07/01/2026

Coming right up! See you there!

Join CuraCore Canada & Hestaband in beautiful British Columbia for 3 exciting days of learning!

Tough Pain Problems Symposium
https://curacore.ca/symposia-january-2026/

Improve your evaluation and treatment skills for patients in pain.
Learn from international experts in integrative medicine and rehabilitation.

Symposium Highlights
• Mixed animal focus: small animal, equine, and farm
• Integrative pain medicine for complex cases
• Anatomy and physiology of medical acupuncture
• Evidence supporting medical massage and laser therapy
• Orthotics, prosthetics, post-operative rehab, and kinesiotaping
• Step-by-step assessment of difficult pain problems
• Equine pain problems, both spinal and non-spinal
• Integrative analgesia for ruminants
• Selecting the right rehabilitation modalities for specific conditions

Dates & Times
January 30 – February 1, 2026
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Lunch provided

Cost
$895 CAD
Veterinary students and technicians receive a 35% discount
Contact Curacore for the coupon code

CE Details
24 CE Hours | RACE Approved

Look at this list of fantastic speakers!
https://curacore.ca/symposia-january-2026/

Location
Mary Winspear Centre
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney, BC V8L 1W9

CuraCore Vet

05/01/2026

Five new Onlinepethealth webinars airing this month.
Webinars are available to members.
Become a member: https://membership.onlinepethealth.com?aff=Narda
Non-members can purchase a PAYG ticket at www.onlinepethealth.com.

21/12/2025

What's the foundation of medicine?
🙌 Anatomy!
What improves our diagnostic skills?
🙌 Anatomy!
What do we all need more of?
🙌 Anatomy!

And we've been teaching living anatomy for decades at CuraCore.

Visit curacore.org and curacore.ca to sign up for certification programs in Medical Acupuncture for Veterinarians (MAV), Integrative Rehabilitation (MOVE), and Osteopathic Medical Massage.

Anatomy like you've never learned before awaits.

https://youtube.com/shorts/WEZkJtIaagg?si=t2rIAk8xgYRU19Fd

What's the foundation of medicine? Anatomy! What improves our diagnostic skills? Anatomy! What do we all need more of? Anatomy! And we've been teaching ...

15/12/2025

It's great to see companies such as The Farmer's Dog sponsoring research at universities on fresh diets and what happens when dogs eat them. Here's the newest one I've found from Cornell.
Abstract: Background/Objectives: Despite the growing popularity of fresh food for dogs, there is an extremely small amount of literature evaluating the potential health benefits of fresh food and reduced processing compared to traditionally processed shelf stable cans, extruded kibble, or other food formats. Additionally, aging dogs have been previously documented to have altered metabolism and nutritional needs compared to a healthy adult dog population, but these differences are not well defined. The objective of the study was to compare the effects of feeding a fresh, human-grade food versus a standard extruded kibble diet in a year-long longitudinal study on serum metabolomic profiles in senior dogs. Methods: Twenty-two healthy mixed-breed geriatric Alaskan sled dogs were age- and s*x matched into two feeding groups. All dogs were fed the extruded diet (control) for a 4-month washout period prior to being transitioned into their respective treatment group. Group 1 continued to be fed the control diet, while Group 2 was transitioned to a fresh, human-grade food (treatment). Body weight and body condition were assessed monthly, and calorie intake was adjusted to maintain body weight. Individual serum samples were collected at day 0 and months 1, 3, 6, and 12. Metabolomic profiling of serum samples was performed by Metabolon, Inc. (Durham, NC, USA). Data was analyzed using two-way analysis of variance with repeated measures to determine treatment differences. Results: Dogs fed the treatment food had an increase in branched-chain amino acid metabolism, creatine, carnosine, anserine, fatty acid metabolism, long-chain n-3 fatty acids, lipolysis, and ketogenesis. The treatment group had decreased advanced glycation end products, fatty acid synthesis, and creatinine. Conclusions: This study is the first long-term feeding study evaluating serum metabolomics in dogs that demonstrates the dramatic and sustained impact that diet can have on canine metabolism.

Background/Objectives: Despite the growing popularity of fresh food for dogs, there is an extremely small amount of literature evaluating the potential health benefits of fresh food and reduced processing compared to traditionally processed shelf stable cans, extruded kibble, or other food formats.....

14/12/2025

New pet food recall:

According to the recall announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the product was distributed to pet stores in 14 states in the U.S., and in the Province of Ontario, Canada.