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From cats and dogs to penguins and llamas, treating animals with acupuncture has become mainstream in veterinary medicine

  • Written by Joe Smith, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee
From cats and dogs to penguins and llamas, treating animals with acupuncture has become mainstream in veterinary medicineKevin, a King Charles spaniel, receives acupuncture treatment at a Washington, D.C. animal hospital.Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images

A perentie lizard in Dallas, an African penguin in Boston and an Oberhasli goat in Chicago are just a few recent examples of animals at zoos and aquariums benefiting recently from acupuncture therapy. As acupuncture...

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