The BAVH is a group of veterinary professionals and human herbalists dedicated to promoting the safe, effective and responsible use of herbal medicines in veterinary practice through ongoing professional collaboration, education and research.
Our aims are:
- To provide existing and aspiring herbal vets with access to resources, support and further education. This includes certification as a recognised level of competency.
- To represent veterinary herbalists in the wider veterinary community, regulatory bodies and industry.
- To provide information to members of the public wishing to seek the services of a veterinary herbalist for companion or farm animals.
- To embrace all relevant information sources of herbal medicine from traditional use across cultures to modern evidence-based medicine.
- To promote the use of practices in farming, wild harvesting and animal husbandry that are ethical and ecologically sustainable with particular consideration given to endangered species and habitats.
- To promote continuing ethical research in the field of herbal medicine.
