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The above link has excellent articles on veterinary homeopathy.
http://www.worldofhorses.co.uk/Health/Vet_Homeopathy.htm
Veterinary Homeopathy is based on the same principles as its human medical counterpart. Homeopathy is the science of medicine based on the principle "similia similibus curentur" - Let like be cured by like.
As in humans, homeopathy treats the animal as an "energetic whole", not as a collection of symptoms or signs with a specific "scientific" disease name. For this reason, since we are treating the animal not the disease, we need to know a great deal of information. This often entails asking seemingly strange questions that are often unrelated to the specific problem.
Homeopathy is a force for good in the animal world since it is able to treat so many diseases from simple to serious without the risk of side effects. All species respond, from mice to snakes, cats to horses and birds to tortoises.
Homeopathy works by stimulating the body's own powers of healing. The final outcome depends on the prescriber's skills and the response by the animal. Even though it is recognised that homeopathy will only work if the body has the mechanism to heal, it has also been found very effective with many so-called "incurable" diseases.
Here in the UK people are uncomfortable at the thought of treating an animal via phone or email.
Homeopathy depends on symptoms. All a homoeopathic vet requires are the exact symptoms and modalities. If a diagnosis is necessary, you can get this from your conventional vet and pass the findings on to your homoeopathic vet.
Classical Homoeopathy Pets have a list of vets that adhere strictly to Hahnemanian requirements. It's a good list to join. In their file section is a list of requirements vets must follow in order to be added to their list, but also useful to know when you want to choose an appropriate homoeopathic vet.