Prominent Veterinarian Getting Great
Results with Colostrum and Pets
Stephen Blake, D.V.M., is a highly experienced
veterinarian who has been using alternative and complementary therapies on
animals with great success for more than two decades. He received his B.S. in animal science from the University of
Arizona and his D.V.M. from Colorado State University. For the past 27 years he has had a successful small-animal practice
in San Diego, California.
Dr. Blake was introduced to colostrum in 1998 through
reading both the research on this supplement and pet owners' accounts of
their experiences with it. Now
he actively promotes the use of colostrum in his practice and is committed
to educating veterinarians everywhere about colostrum's benefits for
animals. Here he talks about
some of the very positive experiences he has had with colostrum and his
patients.
“One of the first dramatic case histories I saw was
‘Fluffers,’ an 11-year-old male cat whose owner brought him to me as a
last resort. He had had a
history of severe and chronic gastrointestinal problems, and the only way
to keep the cat alive was via a feeding tube in the throat. The owner had been seeing a well-known internist who had advised
her to euthanize the cat since nothing seemed to work. In addition to the cat's overall poor health and discomfort,
the area around the feeding tube was continually becoming infected so that
he had to be on antibiotics continuously. He was also being given cortisone and insulin.
This poor cat was mess.
“When I saw him, the first thing I did was put the
cat on a more natural diet and add the colostrum. We still had to administer the food and the colostrum through the
feeding tube because the cat literally couldn't keep anything down.
“Two weeks later, he was doing a little better, and
I took him off all the medication. Two
weeks after that, the owner called me to tell me that the cat had pulled
out his feeding tube on his own and was starting to eat again. The wound in his throat, however, from where the feeding tube had
been was badly infected. I
advised her to make a paste of colostrum and apply it to the wound. In a day the wound had closed, and there was no more infection.
“The cat has continued to make wonderful progress
toward complete health. He's
eating with gusto, stealing food from the other cats and, according to his
owner, is back to being ‘top cat’ again.
“The next wonderful story is of a 7-year-old male
German shepherd named ‘Jingo,’ a consulting case for me. He had a history of kidney disease and also had a very
bad case of gingival hyperplasia, which is a severe inflammation and
infection of the gums. His
gums were grossly overgrown and infected. He was in constant pain, could hardly eat and gave off a foul odor
from the mouth.
“He had been seeing a dental specialist at the
Veterinary School of the University of California at Davis, one of the
best veterinary schools in the country. All this doctor had been able to do, lacking other, effective
natural remedies, was to put the dog on multiple antibiotics. At one
point, he recommended injecting an experimental drug. This helped for a
while, but as soon as it was stopped, the condition went back to its
previous severity. The owner was unable to continue the treatment.
“I advised her to put Jingo on a more natural diet
and to give him colostrum. Three weeks later, he was doing a little better
and was able to get off the antibiotics, which helped his overall health.
The owner made an appointment to see me a week later. The next day, however, she called me to say that he was about 85
percent better, and she didn't feel she needed to make the two-hour trip
to my office! Two months
later, the date of my last conversation with the owner, the dog was doing
great.
“Finally, I want to tell you about Yuki, a
9-year-old female schnauzer. She
came to me with chronic allergies and related dermatitis. She had been on a heavy course of antibiotics and antihistamines,
all of which depressed her immune system, so she was in pretty bad shape.
Not only had these drugs caused problems, she still had most of the
original allergy and skin problems.
“Since she came to see me before I ‘discovered’
colostrum, I had treated her with homeopathy and glandular therapy, plus a
more natural diet. She had
improved some, but still had strong allergies every spring, along with a
less severe bout of the dermatitis.
“I gave her the colostrum as soon as I had
it. The results were
dramatic, and she continues to do well - no more allergies and no more
itchy skin.
“By the way, this dermatitis is a huge problem
where I practice in southern California. I would estimate that 90 percent of the dogs I see here have some
kind of dermatitis. It's
really good news that the colostrum seems to work on this problem. I've also never seen anything as good as colostrum for
gastrointestinal problems.
“Incidentally, when they saw the results their pets
were getting from taking colostrum, every one of these owners started
taking it themselves. They
haven’t told me specifics about what they've experienced, perhaps
because I'm ‘only’ an animal doctor, but they all tell me they are
experiencing improvements in their overall health and well-being.”
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