Lucy Scott is a qualified veterinarian, having graduated from Massey University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science. After finishing her degree, she spent 6 years working in a mixed animal practice and then decided to follow her passion for animal behaviour by gaining her Membership to the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Veterinary Behaviour in June. She now owns her own company, Veterinary Behaviour Services NZ, where she provides behaviour consultations covering a range of species and problems.

Lucy is also currently doing a Masters in Clinical Animal Behaviour through the University of Edinburgh.

Topics discussed include:

• How Lucy developed a passion for animal behaviour.
• What to expect from a behaviour consultation with Dr Scott.
• The benefits of positive reinforcement.
• Common feline behavioural conditions.
• Lucy explains how to read cats' body language.
• Anxious cats and the best way to approach them.
• Dr Scott discusses how to use a multi-modal approach when dealing with behavioural issues.
• How pet owners can set up a perfect environment for their cats.

You can reach out to Dr Lucy Scott on https://www.vetbehaviour.co.nz/   [email protected] 

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Dr. Marta Calvo Blanco received her Veterinary Degree with Honours in Spain over 25 years ago and ran her own practice with her husband for 15 years. She also worked for Hill’s and Royal Canin as a small animal nutrition technician and pursued further education in Homeopathy, Flower Essences, Essential oils, Food Supplements and Animal Communication.

Marta is also a Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist since 2012 (IVAS) and after coming to Australia in 2015, she worked as an Animal Naturopath and Vet Technician and founded her own company “Holistic Animal Naturopath”.

She has now been working with eCS Vet since 2019, where she is currently the Head of Veterinary Education, helping to educate veterinary professionals about using cannabinoid medications in animals.

Topics discussed include:

• What led Dr Calvo Blanco to focus on cannabinoid education for vets.
• Marta explains what cannabinoids are and the different types.
• How cannabinoids interact with the endocannabinoid system.
• Clinical applications for CBD and THC in dogs and cats.
• Dosage and different routes of administration.
• Marta discusses the different types of CBD products that are available.
• Drug regulation in Australia.

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Dr Martina McPeace is a veterinarian who received her graduate diploma in Veterinary Western Herbal Medicine from the College of Integrative Veterinary Therapies in 2015. She previously owned Longford Veterinary Clinic in Tasmania and now runs her own business, Hint of Thyme Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture for Animals.

Topics discussed include:

• Martina shares what drove her to purse a career in integrative veterinary medicine.
• Different ways Dr Martina uses to approach cancer.
• How oxygenation can help to address cancer.
• Changes in nutrition of the cancer patient.
• Dr McPeace talks about the importance of herbal supplementation.
• Ways to eliminate pathogens and enhance immunity.
• The importance of a stress-free state of mind for pets.

You can contact Dr Martina McPeace on www.hint-of-thyme.com.

 

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Penny Fitzgerald is a fully qualified, Professional Kinesiology Practice Therapist and is the Principal Practitioner at PDF Kinesiology in Clarinda, Melbourne. She has been practicing kinesiology for over 15 year and is also a master of Sekhem Healing, a powerful energy-based healing modality.

After being inspired by her own experience with kinesiology, Penny obtained her International Diploma of Kinesiology. She then decided to expand her knowledge and experience into the pet world and now practices at East West Veterinary Group in Victoria, where she has been able to help animals with allergies, skin conditions, anxiety, stress and other behavioural issues.

Topics discussed include:

• What attracted Penny to start using kinesiology on animals.
• Penny explains kinesiology and how it works.
• What does a normal session with Penny look like.
• Penny discusses how she uses kinesiology in her animal cases.
• Conditions for which kinesiology can be helpful.
• Penny discusses  how she uses kinesiology to help with stress.
• Is kinesiology part of a long-term management plan?

You can find Penny at https://www.eastwestvet.com.au/index.php and https://pdfkinesiology.com.au/#

Video of Penny’s consult https://youtu.be/NMvF96Pn-p0

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Maddy Selleck is a fourth-year veterinary student from Murdoch University with a special interest in emergency and critical care, wound management and animal welfare.

Recently, Maddy wrote an ingredient focused article on Ascophyllum Nodosum and its benefits not only in helping to remove calculus but also in providing anti-inflammatory, prebiotic and immunological effects. Her article was selected from several entries in a competition and has been published in the Pure Animal Magazine.

Maddy has also been working at Your Pet’s Vet in Inglewood, Western Australia while doing her veterinary degree. After graduating, she is looking forward to performing surgeries and trying out modern approaches to patient care.

Topics discussed include:

• What made Maddy want to become a Veterinarian and what motivated her to write about Ascophyllum Nodosum.
• What is Rockweed?
• How Rockweed helps to prevent calculus formation.
• Maddy talks about how pet parents can use A. Nodosum for their pets at home.
• Rockweed as a prebiotic and how it can be used in practice.
• Maddy explains some of the immuno-modulatory actions of A. Nodosum.

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Dr Catherine Schuetze graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1995. She's had an interest in integrated and herbal medicine since vet school and has pursued training in veterinary acupuncture, energy medicine, herbal medicine and nutraceuticals since then. ⁠

Dr Catherine has spent the large part of her veterinary career in Northern India, Bhutan and Tibet where she helped set up the charity Vets Beyond Borders, coordinating several welfare programs for which she won the 2009 Young Alumni Of the Year Award from the University of Queensland.

Her veterinary clinical focus is in companion animal acupuncture, herbal and integrated medicine, as well as geriatric medicine and palliative care

She is now home in Australia finishing a PhD in traditional Tibetan Veterinary Medicine while practicing at The Natural Vets on the Sunshine Coast, QLD.

Topics discussed include:

• Dr Catherine explains what attracted her to pursue a more holistic approach as a veterinarian when managing her patients.
• What drew Dr Schuetze to spend most of her career working in Asia and the work she did while she was there.
• Catherine talks about her PhD while she was working in Asia.
• Common issues seen in geriatric patients.
• How to approach geriatrics in an integrative way and what management modalities that can be used.
• Catherine discusses how she managers her palliative care patients.
• How to incorporate nutraceuticals in geriatric and palliative care patients.

You can find Dr Catherine Schuetze at https://www.thenaturalvets.com.au/

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Flavia is a fully qualified vet graduating from the University of the state of Sao Paulo in Brazil in 1997. She practiced as a veterinarian in Brazil and in 2004 commenced her specialisation in acupuncture; gaining her IVAS accreditation in 2012 and has worked as a veterinary acupuncturist for over 15 years. In late 2014 she moved to Australia and has been practicing acupuncture and holistic animal treatment exclusively since then.

Flavia currently owns and runs Zenpet Animal Acupuncture, a mobile service based in Sydney, and works at Bondi Vet Hospital running the acupuncture service since 2019. She is a member of the International Veterinarian Acupuncture Society, the Australian Veterinary Association, the Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Group and Integrative Veterinarians Australia

In addition to Acupuncture, Flavia also uses Chinese and Western herbal medicine, natural diet advice, gold bead acupuncture and ozone therapy as part of her treatments.

Topics discussed include:

• Flavia shares what made her want to become a veterinarian and  pursue veterinary acupuncture.
• For which cases is electro-acupuncture beneficial?
• Different acupuncture techniques used by Flavia.
• How can moxbustion be used in conjunction with electro-acupuncture?
• Aqua-puncture - what solutions can be used with this technique?
• Flavia discusses the technique of gold beading.
• What is Ozone therapy and when should it be used?

You can find Dr. Flavia at www.zenpetacupuncture.com.au

or on Instagram zenpet_animal_acupuncture

Resources: Ozone therapy - A clinical review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312702/

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Professor Caroline Mansfield is a registered specialist in small animal medicine and she is recognized as an international leader in veterinary internal medicine. She graduated from Murdoch University and worked in mixed animal and small animal practice in Australia and the UK before completing a residency in small animal medicine at University College, Dublin.

Caroline developed an interest in gastroenterology during that time and continued her clinical and research passion in academia. From 2001 until 2010 she was employed at Murdoch University as a clinical registrar and then senior lecturer – moving to the University of Melbourne in late 2010 as the Head of Small Animal Medicine and then becoming Professor and Director of Clinical Research.

Her research involves projects investigating mechanisms involved in canine inflammatory bowel disease, the pancreas and establishing the impact in the gut microbiome has on health and disease in dogs.

Topics discussed include:

• What made Dr Mansfield want to become a veterinarian and what sparked her interest in gastroenterology.
• Projects Caroline has been involved in throughout her career.
• Dr Mansfield’s current canine microbiome and chronic enteropathy study.
• Effects of diet on diet-responsive enteropathies.
• Dr Caroline talks about her project on ‘Modifying the gut-brain axis to improve outcomes in shelter animals’.
• Probiotic benefits in decreasing stress in dogs.
• Common feline digestive disorders Dr Mansfield gets presented with and how she manages them.
• When are probiotics indicated in feline digestive disorders?
• When to reach for prebiotics or symbiotics?
• Dr Caroline specifies the indication for Metronidazole.

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Prior to becoming a veterinarian, Nicole completed a Bachelor of Science from Melbourne University followed by an honours year in Vision Sciences. She then got accepted into Sydney University and completed a Bachelor of Veterinary Science with Honours in 2008.

After a brief stint working in the UK, she returned to small animal practice in Melbourne working at Monash Vets. Nicole then followed her interest in reproduction and gained her Membership with the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Animal Reproduction. Along the way she also developed an interest in complementary therapies specially in essential oils.

In 2020 she started her own business called Shy Tiger Natural Animal which provides vet approved, all-natural plant-based health support for dogs through a range of serum and sprays.

Nicole currently also works at and owns Mont Albert Veterinary Surgery in Victoria and is also a member of the College of Integrative Veterinary Therapies.

Topics discussed include:

• What made Dr Rous want to become a vet and what started her interest in essential oils.
• Nicole talks about what drove her to start Shy Tiger.
• Range of essential oils that Nicole uses.
• How to select the appropriate oil for a pet.
• The importance of knowing if ingredients are coming from a sustainable source.
• Dr Nicole talks about how to use essential oils safely.
• What oil to avoid with certain medical conditions.
• Using essential oils orally.
• Nicole speaks about essential oils with multi-drug resistance.
• Impact of humans emotions on pets.

You can find Dr Nicole Rous on https://shytiger.com.au/  https://www.montalbertvet.com.au/

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Dr Denley graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1998 and has been working in small animal practice in south east Queensland for the last 20 years.

Whilst he thoroughly enjoyed conventional veterinary practice, he decided to undertake a Certificate of Veterinary Acupuncture from the Chi Institute to improve his skills and education.

He is also certified as a Traditional Chinese Veterinary Herbologist recognized by the China Society of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and the Chi Institute of Chinese Medicine. Following these studies, he completed a Graduate Diploma in Animal Biomechanical Medicine and is a member of the Animal Biomechanical Professionals of Australia Australia, the American Association of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and the American Canine Sports Medicine Association.

Steve completed a CIVT course in veterinary rehabilitation last year and is currently undertaking a CRI course in the same field due to be completed within the next twelve months.

Steve now owns and works at Balanced Veterinary Care in Tamborine, Queensland, and combines conventional medicine, traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, animal biomechanical medicine and rehabilitation to apply a holistic, natural approach to improve his patients’ wellbeing.

Topics discussed include:

• Steve chats about how he became a vet and what led him to pursue integrative therapies when managing his cases.
• The most common cases Dr Denley is presented with.
• The difficulties about being an integrative vet.
• How Steve deals with Intervertebral Disc Disease.
• The power of touch in helping identify a diagnosis and managing cases.
• The heavy lifters when treating IVDD.
• Steve talks about long term plans for his patients.
• How does nutrition fit into Dr Steve’s cases.
• Managing pet parent compliance.

 

You can reach Dr Steve Denley at www.balancevet.com.au.

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