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ISSUE 1 - Dec 2010
WELCOME 
Greetings!

Welcome to our inaugural Newsletter.

We hope you enjoy it, and we welcome your feedback.  We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your wonderful support since our launch online this year. Thank you to the faculty and staff who have put in a  fantastic effort this year and to our students who have dedicated themselves to gaining skills and knowledge to help animals worldwide.
We have a growing membership of people from some 31 countries now, and we are working hard to build the membership benefits for everyone to enjoy.

We have finally achieved full registration as a government accredited college, and have ambitious plans for 2011 so stay tuned!

We will take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season, wherever you are, whatever you are doing. May the end of the year and the coming new year be safe, festive and restful!

Sincerely,

The CIVT Team
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Congratulations to our graduating class of 2010!

Drs Jodi Van Tyne, John Katakasi, Eidin Burns, Don Thompson, Nancy Modglin, Beth Innes, Julie Schell, Betsy Adamson, Daren Auger, Grace Li, Tracey Henderson, Nicki Komenick and Erin Mayo
have all completed the Graduate Program in Veterinary Chinese Herbal Medicine and been awarded in conjunction with the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society- Certification in Veterinary Chinese Herbal Medicine CVCHM.

No small effort from this inspiring group of vets from all over the world! Well done and we hope you go on to inspire many more of your colleagues with this wonderful medicine. Your case studies and case log books provide an enormous evidence base for the benefits of integrating Chinese medicine with veterinary medicine.
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Faculty Awards | Congratulations to:

The American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association honored two of our Faculty Members at their October conference in Covington, Ohio.

Canadian Veterinarian Dr Steve Marsden was awarded Holistic Educator of the Year for his contribution to holistic veterinary education in the USA.

Australian Dr Barbara Fougere was awarded Holistic Practitioner of the Year in recognition of her "outstanding contribution to Complementary Veterinary Medicine"

This was a wonderful recognition for both!
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Butterflies Cure themselves with Plants
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Monarch butterflies can cure themselves and their offspring of disease by using medicinal plants, according to a new paper in the journal Ecology Letters.

The disease is caused by a protozoan parasite called Ophryocystis elektroscirrha. The parasite invades the gut of the caterpillars and then persists when the caterpillars become adult monarchs Read more

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