MOBILE HOLISTIC VETERINARIAN WAKEFIELD, RI, OFFERS INTEGRATIVE VETERINARY HOUSE CALL SERVICE
CallaBrio Integrative Veterinary Care
Our mission is to provide high quality patient care in the comfort of your home, or farm. Working together with animals & their families, we can implement a treatment plan that envelopes the "whole" pet by integrating both traditional and holistic therapies when possible.
Keeping it safe COVID precautions:
Taking it outside when we can!
Dr. Lisa takes it outside with Pandora of North Smithfield for her annual exam and pedicure. Let's work together to stay safe!
About Us
Lisa Connor, DVM, CVA
USDA-APHIS National Veterinary Accreditation
Lisa Connor, DVM, CVA
A native of Southeastern Massachusetts, Dr. Connor obtained her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2013 from the Atlantic Veterinary College, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
About Dr. Connor
USDA-APHIS National Veterinary Accreditation
Lisa Connor, DVM, CVA
After a successful 20 year business career, and the tragic events of 9/11, Dr. Connor decided to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a Veterinarian, She received her B.S. in Animal Science at the University of Rhode Island and took her horses and Great Pyrenees to Prince Edward Island, Canada.
She has since worked in companion animal a
After a successful 20 year business career, and the tragic events of 9/11, Dr. Connor decided to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a Veterinarian, She received her B.S. in Animal Science at the University of Rhode Island and took her horses and Great Pyrenees to Prince Edward Island, Canada.
She has since worked in companion animal and equine medicine both in Southeastern, MA, and Rhode Island. Dr. Connor has special interests in nutrition and integrative veterinary medicine. She completed her Advanced Acupuncture Internship studies at the Chi Institute in Reddick, FL, this summer and plans to pursue their curriculm for TCVM practitioner distinction. Dr. Connor enjoys time with her family on their farm in Wakefield, Rhode Island.
USDA-APHIS National Veterinary Accreditation
USDA-APHIS National Veterinary Accreditation
USDA-APHIS National Veterinary Accreditation
Certified to provide USDA Veterinary
Health Inspection Certificates for:
- Equine Coggins testing
- Interstate travel
- International travel (within North America)
- Airline travel
- Puppy & kitten health certificates
Our Services
Wellness & Non-Emergent Care
Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM)
Life Quality Assessment & Home Euthanasia
Routine exams are an important part of ensuring your pet's health and longevity. Often, they can detect early abnormalities that may lead to otitis, dermatitis, weight loss, dental disease, and more. We are equipped to treat common ailments and minor wounds or soft tissue injuries.
Life Quality Assessment & Home Euthanasia
Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM)
Life Quality Assessment & Home Euthanasia
Geriatric and chronic conditions can become debilitating over time. We will work with patients and their families to determine when it's time to say goodbye. Owners can be alongside their pet in their home or property and support a peaceful life celebration.
Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM)
Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM)
Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM)
In TCVM theory, disease is the result of an imbalance in the body. By integrating an individual's "pattern" of disharmony with clinical signs of disease, a practitioner can treat the whole patient. TCVM Consults are available to establish the best treatment plan for your pet.
Health Certificates & Equine Coggins Testing
Health Certificates & Equine Coggins Testing
Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM)
Do you have plans for a show or travel in the near future? Call us now to schedule an appointment.
Health Evaluations
Health Certificates & Equine Coggins Testing
Maintaining Life Balance
Do you have a litter of puppies or kittens waiting to go to their forever home? Call us now to coordinate an appointment for their health evaluations!
Maintaining Life Balance
Health Certificates & Equine Coggins Testing
Maintaining Life Balance
We work closely with patients and their owners to ensure a healthy life balance within their environment, diet, exercise and mental well-being.
Disease & Disharmony
In Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM), an imbalance in the body (disease) and the individual's "pattern" of disharmony are examined to treat the "whole" patient. Using an integrative approach, therapies can be managed in your home allowing families and patients to participate in the healing process.
Integrative Services
TRADITIONAL CHINESE VETERINARY MEDICINE (TCVM)
One hour consultations scheduled by appointment
Veterinary Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a technique that is used to help balance the energy ("Qi") that flows through channels (pathways) in the body. Needles are inserted into specific points along these channels to stimulate areas of the body and re-open pathways to improve healing and discomfort for a variety of conditions.
The types of acupuncture commonly used are: dry needling, aquapuncture, electro-acupuncture and hemo acupuncture.
Herbal Medicine
Herbal medicines (formulated according to their ingredients in the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica) can be used to help harmonize a particular imbalance and reduce clinical signs from disease. Often, when acupuncture is not well tolerated in a patient, herbs are a wonderful adjunct to treatment.
Food Therapy/Nutrition
Utilizing the knowledge of energetics of food, diet recommendations can be made to help maintain a healthy balance in your pet.
By establishing a "pattern" diagnosis, a practitioner can focus on supporting particular body systems through diet modifications.
“Disease occurs when there is loss of balance between Yin and Yang” - Huang Di Nei Jing
Case Studies & Application of TCVM
Equine Integrative Medicine
As innate herbivores, equine patients often respond well to Acupuncture and Herbal treatment sometimes when other conventional methods have failed. Ask Dr Lisa about "Lily" who responded well to treatment for chronic thrush.
Feline Integrative Medicine
Feline patients can also benefit from Acupuncture and herbal therapies for a variety of conditions, such as: diabetes, kidney disease, inflammatory bowel disease, urinary tract infections, chronic upper respiratory infections, and arthritis.
Ask Dr. Lisa about "Lila kitty" who received treatment for hematuria and stress-induced cystitis. Felines are sensitive creatures and often conventional treatment modalities can be challenging for owners to support. TCVM is a wonderful alternative or integrative therapy to help improve your cat's life quality and longevity.
Canine Integrative Medicine
Canine patients may also experience improvement in their life quality when TCVM is integrated into treatment for a variety of conditions. For example, tendon and ligament injuries, arthritis or degenerative joint disease, endocrine disease, skin, GI problems, liver or renal disease (and much more) can respond well to TCVM, and result in an improved life balance with dry needling, electro-acupuncture and aquapuncture often combined with herbal medicine.
Opportunities for Integrative Medicine
There are many conditions in animals (dogs, cats, horses, farm, exotic and poultry species) that can benefit from TCVM, such as:
- urinary tract infections
- chronic ear infections
- arthritis & intervertebral disc disease (IVDD)
- tendon & ligament injuries
- ocular ulcers and conjunctivitis
- cancer
- kidney and liver disease
- egg-bound birds
- skin & autoimmune disorders
- seizures, and more!
Prevention, maintenance and intervention are key elements to promoting overall wellness. Chinese and western medicine are complimentary modalities and not substitutes for one another. As an integrative approach to medicine, acupuncture, herbal and food therapies can be used in conjunction with traditional western medicine.
"The TCVM practitioner views health as a state of harmony or balance existing between the internal environment of the body and the external environment it lives in.”
Veterinary Resources (URL links)
Balance It, Dog Training, Foods & Home cooking precautions
