(world animal health information system)
1World Organisation for Animal Health — The World Organisation for Animal Health is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide and was created by an international agreement as the International Office of Epizootics (still known by its French… …
2Animal rights — advocates propose that animals be viewed as persons, not property.[1] Description Animals are members of the moral community …
3Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
4animal 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… …
5system — 1. [TA] A consistent and complex whole made up of correlated and semiindependent parts. A complex of functionally related anatomic structures. 2. The entire organism seen as a complex organization of parts. 3. Any complex of structures… …
6Animal testing — A white Wistar lab rat Description Around 50–100 million vertebrate animals are used in experiments annually. Subjects Animal testing, scien …
7Animal testing regulations — vary around the world. Most governments aim to control the number of times individual animals may be used; the overall numbers used; and the degree of pain that may be inflicted without anaesthetic.EuropeExperiments on vertebrate animals in the… …
8World Institute of Scientology Enterprises — (WISE) is an organization affiliated with the Church of Scientology [ [http://www.scientology.org/en US/world/news/wise/index.html Enabling Groups to Flourish and Prosper ] ] that educates and assists businesses in the use of management methods… …
9Animal 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;… …
10animal — animalic /an euh mal ik/, animalian /an euh may lee euhn, mayl yeuhn/, adj. /an euh meuhl/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well defined shape and usually limited growth, can move… …
