File photo of a greyhound at Hemopet, held still as he donated blood at Hemopet in Garden Grove. McKenzie graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine and also has a master of science in epidemiology from the University of London, according to his CV. She has an undeserved reputation for being an ‘expert’ in fields in which she is actually simply an outlier, promoting views that clash not only with the assessments of true experts but with basic science and research evidence.” “She has become especially blatant in selling proprietary diagnostic tests that, at best, are unproven and that, in some cases, have been clearly shown not to work. “She promotes speculative, inaccurate, and even clearly false claims about thyroid disease, pet nutrition, and vaccines,” he continued. She is one of those controversial figures who did some legitimate, even trailblazing work early in her career and then went off the deep end, not only embracing many forms of pseudoscience but apparently becoming convinced that she could never be mistaken regardless of the evidence against her ideas,” wrote Brennen McKenzie, a Palo Alto vet, on his SkeptVet blog.
“I have written about Jean Dodds many, many times. While many champion Dodds’ “wholistic” philosophy - combining traditional medicine with natural approaches - and drive for hours from all over to have pets treated at Hemopet, she has equally strong critics. The $298 “NutriScan” tests for the most commonly ingested foods of up to 112 ingredients “to provide you specific results as to your pet’s food intolerance or sensitivities,” while the $125 “CellBIO is a novel biomarker test for cellular oxidative stress in pets using saliva.” In addition to selling dog blood and related products, Hemopet sells “saliva-based food intolerance tests” that some vets dismiss as quackery. Sears of the canine set, skeptical of standard vaccine protocols for dogs. She has been running Hemopet in Garden Grove since 1986 and has a fervent following as the Dr. Gavin Newsom this month takes aim directly at Hemopet, and will phase out closed-colony blood banks.ĭodds did not return phone calls or emails seeking comment. It’s unclear why the state took action now, but a new state law signed by Gov.
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Founder of Hemopet in Garden Grove cited for practicing veterinary medicine without a license – Orange County Register