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Committee – BAHVS President – Jane Keogh
j.keogh5@btinternet.com
Senior Vice-President – Mark Elliott homeopathicvet@btinternet.com
Junior Vice-President – Chris Day cday-avmc@hotmail.co.uk
Hon. Secretary – Stuart Marston sec@bahvs.com
Treasurer – Wendy McGrandles wendy@glenbrae-vet.co.uk
Magazine Editor – Malene Jørgensen malene@laforcevitale.eu
Communications Officer – Nick Thompson nickthompson@holisticvet.co.uk
IAVH Representitive – Nick Thompson nickthompson@holisticvet.co.uk
Faculty Veterinary Representitive
John Saxton
john.saxton@talk21.com
Mag distribution – Cheryl Sears cheryl.sears31@btinternet.com
Committee – IAVH President – Peter Gregory
pg.ahimsa@virgin.net
Treasurer – Don Hamilton donhamiltondvm@gmail.com
General Secretary – Helene Widmann helene.widmann@chello.at
Coordinator subcommittee for education:
Stefan Kohlrausch
stefan.kohlrausch@arcor.de
Head of IAVH Office – Markus Mayer office@iavh.org
Newsletter subcommittee
Malene Jørgensen
malene@laforcevitale.eu
IAVH Communications Officer
Nick Thompson
nickthompson@holisticvet.co.uk
LIGA contact – Marc Bär info@homeopatte.ch
Here we are with the Autumn edition of the mag – thanks to all contributors and advertisers.
Sara Fox Chapman gives her report on the BAHVS Autumn conference covering all the speakers and their presentations, while stuart Marston also fills us in on the minutes from the AGM.
We have contributions from Edward De Beukalaer – one of them a report from the first international EBVM conference (see page 13) as well as an article by Don Hamilton on reptiles – particularly looking at the views of French-Canadian vet Charles Danten.
There are two pages highlighting events from the IAVH and we also include Tom Farrington’s presentation from our recent conference on Organ Support Remedies, complete with a useful listing of many remedies associated with organ support.
Finally, a big thanks to Jane Keogh for her first letter in her new role as BAHVS President – we wish her all the best for the next three years.
Don’t forget to get on board for next years conference in Ireland – it’s going to be a great one!
Best wishes, Malene
HAWL – Homeopathy at Wellie Level
by Nancy Morris, UK
HAWL was set up in 2000 with the aim of teaching farmers and smallholders the responsible use of Homeopathy on the farm. A trained homeopath, Mrs Chris Lees, was studying for an agriculture degree at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, and chose as her thesis “The Role of Homeopathy in the Treatment of Farm Animals.” Her conclusion was that “there may or may not be a role but where a farmer wants to use it, he can’t find support”.
So, inviting contacts she had made during her thesis, a one day workshop was held at the college in March 2000, with the speakers being Trevor Adams homeopathic vet, Tony Pinkus, pharmacist, and Henry Bagenel a dairy farmer, attended by 15 farmers. Chris’s contact with David Wilson, the Prince of Wales’s farm manager, led to the courses subsequently being held at the Prince’s farm at Tetbury, near Cirencester.
The present course was devised and taught by Trevor, Chris Auckland and Geoff Johnson, along with homeopaths Annie Bachelor, Sue Miles and Jenny Grist. The farmers attend 3 separate days, usually a month apart, and each days are taught by a homeopath and a homeopathic vet. So, in their 3 days, they have 6 different teachers, each with their own experience. Courses are mostly held at Tetbury, and have also been held in Wales, Devon, East Anglia and Northern Ireland.
Feedback from the farmers is very positive, with one or two even going on to study Homeopathy full time! They are guided through the principles, how to administer remedies, and
introduced to common remedies on Day 1. On Day 2, applying the principles and using remedies during their own farming year, acute prescribing, and an introduction to repertorisation, using the excellent farm repertory and materia medica compiled by Trevor. More chronic disease is addressed on Day 3, with a look at common reproductive remedies. Comprehensive notes are supplied, as well as audiotapes of the sessions. Extra teaching days and /or mentoring for farmers who have completed the course are also available.
HAWL is run as a not for profit company. If you would like to be involved either in teaching or attracting students or funding, Chris would be pleased to hear from you – her contact is on the website at www.hawl.co.uk. T
The British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons (BAHVS) was formed in 1981, to advance the understanding, knowledge and practice of homeopathy. It aims to stimulate professional awareness of homeopathy and to encourage and to provide
for the training of veterinary surgeons in the practice of homeopathy.
It is an open forum for differing approaches to the subject of veterinary homeopathy and it’s application, allowing for constructive interchanges of ideas.
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