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The organizational committee of the American College of Veterinary Botanical Medicine is diligently working towards making our goal of becoming an academic center for the advanced study of plant medicines a reality. Our main objectives include:

• Establishing requirements for post-doctoral education and experience pre-requisite to certification in the specialty of veterinary botanical medicine.
• Providing programs of required study including: Phytochemistry, Phytopharmacology, Pharmacognasy, Ethnopharmacology, Ethnoveterinary Medicine, Traditional and Cultural Uses of Herbal medicines, Traditional/Oriental Medicine & Western Medicine herbology.
• Supporting scientific research in phytochemistry, phytopharmacology, phytopharmacodynamics, and toxicology.
• Examining and Certifying veterinarians as specialists in Botanical Veterinary Medicine.

The 2018 ACVBM Annual Conference was held on October 3rd, 2018 in conjunction with the AHVMA Annual Conference in Kissimmee, FL. Proceedings can be purchased HERE. Our herbwalk was held on that day as well. CLICK HERE to read more and view our slideshow.

The 2019 ACVBM Annual Conference will be held at Wheaton College, MA on June 6, 2019, the day before the International Herb Symposium. Our featured speaker is Jill Stansbury, ND, a licensed naturopathic physician and an accomplished writer/author, speaker, and teacher. Six hours of lecture will include topics such as Longevity Tonics, Problems with Proton Pump Inhibitors, Botanical Influences on Leaky Gut Herbal and Medicines for Pain Management. 6 hours of Continuing Education credit has been awarded to this conference by IVAS. REGISTER HERE!