Veterinary Science - Essential Oils

Veterinary Science - Aromatherapy & Essential Oils

By Bethany Cook

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SELF-ASSESS:  Before starting, where are you at with these 🎯goals?

We previously learned that phytotherapy is the use of medicinal plants to help heal animals. Some plants can also be beneficial when used outside the body.  Although aromatherapy uses natural materials, the misuse of these materials could have serious side effects for animals.

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Lesson 4: Phytotherapy
Lesson 5: Aromatherapy

Introduction - Essential Oils​

What is an essential oil?

​Essential Oils are

liquids that have been extracted (pulled out) from parts of plants.

Multiple Choice

What are liquids have been pulled out from parts of 🌿💐plants?

• Phyto-springs

• Silverseals

• Slippery Slopes

• 🌿💐Essential Oils

‘liquids that have been removed from the leaves, bark, flowers, seeds, and roots of plants’​

​Unit 8 Lesson 5 Vocabulary Word

​Essential Oils:

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What is aromatherapy?

​Aromatherapy is a type of herbal medicine that uses plant essential oils to treat animals.

Multiple Choice

What is a type of herbal medicine that uses 🌿plant essential oils to treat animals?

• 💦Aquatic therapy

• 👃Aromatherapy

• Physiotherapy

• Play therapy

Aromatherapy is “a type of herbal medicine that uses plant essential oils to treat animals.”​


Aroma, meaning 👃smell
Therapy, meaning to heal

Aromatherapy in Veterinary Medicine

Poll

A holistic veterinarian is making a website advertisement.

Which label explains her essential oil treatments?

• 👃Aromatherapy

• 🌿Phytotherapy

• 📍Acupuncture

• 💦Hydrotherapy

Aromatherapy has been used for many years, but there is little scientific data to show any actual health benefits from these oils.

Is It Effective?​

As Aromatherapy became popular with people, they showed interest in using it with their pets

Multiple Choice

Jayla takes a bath at night, to help her relax. What essential oil can she add to help relax and destress?

• Peppermint oil

• 🌺Lavender oil

• 🧅Onion oil

The most common use of this oil is in aromatherapy. The aroma of this plant can decrease anxiety, reduce stress, and help calm a person or pet. It can also be used topically on the skin.

This essential oil is pulled from the lavender plant.

Lavender Oil​​

Multiple Choice

Jayla is using lavender & chamomile oils to help her relax and sleep. Last night, her 2 dogs slept through a bad thunderstorm. How?

• The aromatherapy calmed her dogs

• Jayla just slept as the dogs whined

• Aromatherapy has nothing to do with dogs

A tea tree oil solution can effectively control 🐜ticks on 🐕dogs. Tea tree oil has a sharp, astringent odor. It can also eliminate certain yeasts and bacteria, helping to treat skin infections.

Tree tree oil is extracted from the Melaleuca alternifolia plant.
(Eucalyptus plant family)

Tea Tree Oil ​

Multiple Choice

Which plant oil do you choose to control 🐜ticks naturally?

• Goldenseal oil

• Tea tree oil

• Olive oil

• Chamomile oil

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Multiple Choice

According to the Animal Poison Control Center, Tea Tree Oil is considered a TOXIN for pets, especially 🙀cats.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Compared to dogs, why do 🙀cats show GREATER SENSITIVITY to essential oils? (more negative reactions)

• Cats have hypersensitive smell, oil could damage their nasal passages.

• Cats groom themselves constantly; they are more likely to ingest an oil.

• Cats do not have large lungs to filter out harmful substances.

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SELF-ASSESS:  After finishing, where are you at with these 🎯goals?