APPLICATION OF ACUPUNCTURE IN VETERINARY MEDICINE

Acupuncture is mentioned for the first time more than two thousand years ago, and the interest in it is still prevailing. Thanks to this, it is no longer defined only as a theory of Traditional Chinese medicine, but is accepted as applicable and effective. In other words, „if something has worked well for more than two millennia, then there is something useful in it“.Acupuncture is included in the curriculum of many of the prestigious veterinary universities and clinics around the world. Thousands of veterinary and humane specialists apply acupuncture every day in their practice as an additional or alternative therapy.The aim of this publication is to summarize the main achievements, methods of application and effectiveness of acupuncture in veterinary medicine by providing independent clinical trials and the results thereof.