1. theoretical basis: Chinese veterinary medicine is based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, emphasizing the overall concept and the theory of yin and yang and five elements, and paying attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment; Western veterinarians, on the other hand, are based on modern biology, physiology and pathology, emphasizing the analysis of etiology and pathogenesis and laboratory examination.
2. Diagnostic method: Chinese veterinarians give priority to the four diagnoses of looking, smelling, asking and cutting, supplemented by pulse diagnosis and tongue diagnosis. Western veterinarians mainly rely on laboratory examination, imaging examination and other modern scientific and technological means for diagnosis.
3. Treatment: Chinese veterinary medicine mainly adopts Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage and other methods to regulate the internal environment of the body; Western veterinarians mainly use chemical drugs, surgery and other methods to directly treat pathogens or diseased parts.
4. Prevention concept: Veterinarians in China emphasize "prevention before illness" and pay attention to health care and disease prevention; Western veterinarians also attach importance to prevention, but pay more attention to measures such as vaccination and environmental sanitation.
5. Development history: Veterinary medicine in China has a history of thousands of years and has accumulated rich clinical experience and theoretical system; Western veterinary medicine has gradually developed in recent hundreds of years, based on experimental science, and constantly absorbs the research results of other disciplines.
6. Communication and integration: With the development of globalization, the exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and Western veterinary medicine are increasingly close. Many China veterinarians began to learn western medicine knowledge to improve their diagnosis and treatment level; At the same time, western medicine scholars began to pay attention to and study China veterinarians, trying to learn useful experiences and methods from them. This kind of communication and integration is helpful to promote the development of veterinary cause and improve the health level of animals.