CuraCore Vet

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.

13/12/2025

We are delighted to report that we are opening another location for 2026 Equine Clinical Intensives in the Medical Acupuncture for Veterinarians, Large Animal Program. Big thank-you to Dr. Hayley Mesch and the Kentucky Equine Hospital for inviting us back! The facility is gorgeous, the staff and community are extremely kind, and Dr. Mesch, Dr. Mindy Story, and Dr. Steve Chiasson are ultra-inspiring instructors. See the first comment for a link to the program, available dates, and registration.

In October 2025, CuraCore VET held its first Clinical Intensive for the Medical Acupuncture for Veterinarians Certification Program in Simpsonville, Kentucky...

10/12/2025

🐾 Back in Stock!
Canine Mini Manuals are back in stock and shipping with all Small Animal Medical Acupuncture for Veterinarians course registrations.
Register today to reserve yours!

04/12/2025

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

28/11/2025

If you're doing clinical research on botanical medicine for animals, please consider sending in your manuscript to Frontiers, where Dr. Narda Robinson is one of the Topic Editors, along with Dr. Justin Shmalberg.

Due to the remarkable success of the Research Topic 'Exploring Plant-Based Therapies in Veterinary Medicine' and the rapidly evolving subject area, we are pl...

27/11/2025

Many thanks to our vastly talented Media Director, Nancy Howard, and our immensely artistic Edina Clagett who are working to update and streamline CuraCore Studios. This is just a short video highlighting yesterday's antics. Bobie, our in-house catfluencer, modeled an independent spirit receiving osteopathic medical massage, staying long enough for us to refine camera angles for the occasionally fussy feline who walks away mid-treatment.

We're streamlining and updating our studio! We have a fresh ideas and fun new projects. To learn more about our integrative medicine and rehabilitation cou...

22/11/2025

This was a surprisingly impactful interview with Dr. Karl Pillemer, director of Cornell University’s Legacy Project. The thrust is not to wait to do what you want to do, with the exception of choosing a life partner (do give that a ton of time!). Don't linger in a job that troubles you and that you find unfulfilling. This definitely applies to veterinary medicine. If you want to make a change - go mobile, independent, integrative / acupuncture / rehab, listen to this Mel Robbins podcast, get inspired, and learn from our elders, which is an all-too-rare opportunity.

Order your copy of The Let Them Theory 👉 https://melrob.co/let-them-theory 👈 The #1 Best Selling Book of 2025 🔥 Discover how much power you truly have. It...

18/11/2025

Dr. Steve Chiasson, owner of Horizon Equine Veterinary Clinic in Abbotsford, BC, will be presenting at the Tough Pain Problems Symposium (January 30 - February 1, 2026) about the role of medical acupuncture and related techniques for assorted pain problems in horses and ruminants. Dr. Chiasson is a perennial favorite for both the hybrid and fully online versions of Medical Acupuncture for Veterinarians. Here are a couple of video clips where he describes the value of these approaches for equine and farm animal work.

Dr. Steve Chiasson, who practices large animal medicine in British Columbia, Canada, describes his medical acupuncture practice. Dr. Chiasson is a perennial...

15/11/2025

Could CBD help cats medicinally? This 2025 review article in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery brings us up to date on the evidence pertaining to cats, cannabinoids, and what we still need to know. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098612X251365392🐈

The use of cannabinoids from h**p, which is classified as a cultivar of Cannabis sativa with up to 0.3% delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol by USA federal definitions,...

14/11/2025

Learning about the equine spine and how to treat problems affecting the back, neck, and pelvis are prominently featured at the Tough Pain Problems Symposium in BC (1/30/26 - 2/1/26). Dr. Melinda (Mindy) Story, the inaugural Leslie A. Malone Presidential Chair in Equine Sports Medicine at Colorado State University, has four hours of lecture on the morning of February 1. During that time, she will discuss the role of myofascial dysfunction, soft tissue palpation and manual examinations, as well as medical acupuncture for chronic and frequently misunderstood axial pain problems in the horse. Hear what brought Dr. Story, who was an equine surgeon, to sports medicine and medical acupuncture:

At CuraCore VET, we love our instructors. They exude expertise and compassion, having achieved excellence in the art and science of medical acupuncture and ...