by huntnvet » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:23 am
In regards to the website you linked: I remember once I sat down to watch a lively debate between two famous research scientists in the field of human vaccines, and a special guest. They were suppose to discuss the controversial link between autism and vaccines. I forget the scientists names, but between them they had about 60yrs of medical research experience in the field of vaccination. The special guest finally came on and it was none other than Jenny McCarthy. By their facial expressions, clearly the scientists had not been informed of who the other person was going to be. One of the scientists stood up, said thank you, and walked off the stage. Thousands of people commented that this scientist knew he was outmatched; thus, he left to prevent being a fool. But this was not the case! That guy was smart enough to know you cant argue reason against emotion, he knew that this debate had already been decided.
Just an anecdotal story, but the point is relevent. The internet is littered with anit-veterinarian websites and they all meet the same criteria: the website was designed following a tragic event with their beloved pet (the emotional component), they do “their own research” (which generally means google), website author often has no experience/education in medicine, some have no experience in any scientific field, and of course their conclusion is that vets are bad and people should follow the website author’s advice.
For anybody that reads the website Doc linked, a few corrections:
1. no, the vet will not hurt your dog by testing with the cranial drawer procedure.
2. complete ACL ruptures are much easier to diagnose in a sedate dog than an awake dog. In fact, in a big strong dog, the vet should require sedation.
3. ***and my favorite, which is why I put an astricks beside this one: the website author claims that the vet often misdiagnoses ACL rupture because some dogs have more laxity in their knees. He is trying to argue that because of differences between dog’s knee laxity, a vet will have a difficult time deciding if the laxity is due to ACL rupture, or just normal for that dog. This is a fair point, except for one thing....and I can only say that the author’s statement is a ringing endorsement for his complete ignorance and lack of experience in what he speaks....why? because the dog has 2 knees! You always test the good knee first, this acts as your control, then test the injured knee. Pretty simple really.