animal disease — ▪ non human Introduction an impairment of the normal state of an animal that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. Concern with diseases that afflict animals dates from the earliest human contacts with animals and is reflected… … Universalium
Animal Disease Notification System — Das Animal Disease Notification System (ADNS, „Tierseuchenmeldesystem“) ist ein System zur Erfassung der Ausbrüche von Tierseuchen. Das ADNS versorgt die Veterinärbehörden mit aktuellen Daten und ermöglicht es kurzfristig, auf Änderungen der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Plum Island Animal Disease Center — The Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases. Since 1954, the center has had the goal of protecting America s livestock from foreign animal… … Wikipedia
Animal hoarding — involves keeping higher than usual numbers of animals as pets without having the ability to properly house or care for them, while at the same time denying this inability. Compulsive hoarding can be characterized as a symptom of obsessive… … Wikipedia
Orf (animal disease) — Taxobox | color=violet name = Orf virus virus group = i familia = Poxviridae genus = Parapoxvirus species = Orf virus , in which it means rough .cite book|author=Fenner, Frank J.; Gibbs, E. Paul J.; Murphy, Frederick A.; Rott, Rudolph; Studdert,… … Wikipedia
Animal virology — The study of animal viruses is important from a veterinary viewpoint and many of these viruses cause diseases that are economically devastating. Many animal viruses are also important from a human medical perspective. The emergence of the SARS… … Wikipedia
disease — diseasedly, adv. diseasedness, n. /di zeez /, n., v., diseased, diseasing. n. 1. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection,… … Universalium
animal breeding — Introduction controlled propagation of domestic animals in order to improve desirable qualities. Humanity has been modifying domesticated animals to better suit human needs for centuries. Selective breeding involves using knowledge from several… … Universalium
Animal testing — A white Wistar lab rat Description Around 50–100 million vertebrate animals are used in experiments annually. Subjects Animal testing, scien … Wikipedia
Animal psychopathology — is the study of mental or behavioral disorders in non human animals.Historically, there has been an anthropocentric tendency to emphasize the study of animal psychopathologies as models for human mental illnesses [Owen, J. B., Treasure, J.L.… … Wikipedia
