- laboratory animal medicine
- a specialty of veterinary medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease in animals used as subjects in biomedical activities.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
laboratory animal medicine
Look at other dictionaries:
Laboratory animal sources — Animals used by laboratories for testing purposes are largely supplied by dealers who specialize in selling them to universities, medical and veterinary schools, and companies that provide contract animal testing services. It is comparatively… … Wikipedia
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science — The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), a 501(c)3 nonprofit membership association, was formed in 1950 as a forum for the exchange of information and expertise in the care and use of laboratory animals. Membership consists … Wikipedia
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 rights — advocates propose that animals be viewed as persons, not property.[1] Description Animals are members of the moral community … Wikipedia
medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… … Medical dictionary
Animal testing on non-human primates — Image taken inside Covance Experiments involving non human primates (NHPs) include toxicity testing for medical and non medical substances; studies of infectious disease, such as HIV and hepatitis; neurological studies; behavior and cognition;… … Wikipedia
Animal testing on rodents — Main article: Animal testing Animal testing Main articles Ani … Wikipedia
Animal euthanasia — This article is about mercy killing of non human animals. For compassionate death in humans, see Euthanasia. Part of a series on Euthanasia … 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
veterinary medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of diseases in animals, esp. domesticated animals. [1780 90] * * * also called veterinary science medical specialty concerned with the prevention, control, diagnosis, and … Universalium
