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Cera, Lee M. (DVM), Heggers, John P. (PhD, MT[AMT]), Hafstrom, William J. (MD), & Robson, Martin C. (MD). (1982, July/August). Therapeutic protocol for thermally injured animals and its successful use in an extensively burned Rhesus monkey. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association,18, 633-638.

Abstract: This article from the University of Chicago Burn Center, is exceptional because the 70% burns received accidentally by this monkey should have been fatal, but the animal was not only saved but quickly returned to good health by treatment, the primary part of which was by Aloe vera.

Morthway, R. B. (DVM). (1975, January). Experimental use of Aloe vera extract in clinical practice. Veterinary Medicine/Small Animal Clinician,70, 89.

Abstract: Animal medication: ringworm, allergy, abscess, otitis externa, hot spots, fungal infections, lacerations, lip fold dermatitis, inflamed cyst and stphyloma treated by Aloe vera.

Sheets, Mark A.(DVM), Unger, Beverly A. (DVM), Giggleman, Gene F. Jr. (DVM), & Tizzard, Ian R. (BVMS, PhD). (1991, March). Studies on the effect of acemannan on retrovirus infections: Clinical stabilization of feline leukemia virus-infected cats. Molecular Biotherapy, 3, 41-45.

Abstract: Feline leukemia is a disease induced by an oncornavirus infection that inevitably causes clinically affected cats to die. It has been estimated that 40% of cats are dead within 4 weeks and 70% within 8 weeks of the onset of clinical symptoms. Acemannan is a complex carbohydrate with both immuno-stimulatory and direct antiviral properties. Administration of acemannan for 6 weeks intraperitoneally to clinically symptomatic cats significantly improved both the quality of life and the survival rate. Twelve weeks after initiation of treatment, 71% of treated cats were alive and in good health.

Ward, Madalyn. (2001, September 1). The role of nutritional therapy in the treatment of Equine Cushing’s syndrome and laminitis. Alternative Medicine Review.

Abstract: Discusses the use of nutrition and supplementation in the treatment of Cushing’s syndrome in horses.

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