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Animal Research (See Animal Ethics; Animal Welfare; Animal Cloning)

2021
The use of animals in scientific research appears to be almost as old as the beginning of medicine. For example, vivisection is already reported in the Corpus Hippocraticum (4th to 1st century BC) and by Galen (2nd century). The use of animals was strongly revived in the Renaissance.
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Henk ten Have   +1 more
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Animating the Bible’s Animals

2015
This chapter discusses the potential relevance of interdisciplinary animal studies for biblical interpretation. The story of Jacob and his family in Genesis 25–32 is examined from the perspective of a “critical animal hermeneutics.” Three features of such a hermeneutics, characteristic of contemporary animal studies, are emphasized: (1) the ...
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CRISPR in Animals and Animal Models

2017
CRISPR-Cas9 has revolutionized the generation of transgenic animals. This system has demonstrated an unprecedented efficiency, multiplexability, and ease of use, thereby reducing the time and cost required for genome editing and enabling the production of animals with more extensive genetic modifications.
Ellen Shrock, Marc Güell, Marc Güell
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Animal Welfare (See Animal Ethics; Animal Research; Animal Rights)

2021
Animal welfare refers to the quality of life of animals that humans relate to and have moral obligations. The state of an animal’s welfare indicates how the animal is coping (physiologically, behaviorally, cognitively, and emotionally) with the conditions in which it lives.
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Animal’s People: Animal, Animality, Animalisation

2017
Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People tells the story of Animal, an animal who is human. He is a severely disabled boy living in a fictional city modelled on Bhopal in India. Animal has a twisted back that forces him to walk on all fours as if an animal, and this chapter reads his disfigured body as a symbol of an exploited body politic, an interrogation of ...
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Toxoplasmosis of Animals and Humans

, 2021
J. Dubey
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Animal Welfare and Animal Rights

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 1988
Animal liberationists tend to divide into two mutually antagonistic camps: animal welfarists, who share a utilitarian moral outlook, and animal rightists, who presuppose a structure of basic rights. However, the gap between these groups tends to be exaggerated by their allegiance to oversimplified versions of their favored moral frameworks.
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The Evolution of Culture in Animals

, 2018
Animals do have culture, maintains this delightfully illustrated and provocative book, which cites a number of fascinating instances of animal communication and learning. John Bonner traces the origins of culture back to the early biological evolution of
J. Bonner
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Animals and Animal Husbandry

2018
Abstract This chapter gives a short overview of animal husbandry in Iron Age Europe. In this largely agrarian society, people depended on animals for food, transport, and labour. Although animal husbandry shows a high degree of variety, related to differences in climate, geography, and the complexity of society, broad geographical ...
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The Animal in Animal Imaging

2007
With the development of new imaging modalities, techniques,and radiotracers, it is easy to get caught up in the excitement of the equipment and the pictures. Yet the value in imaging lies primarily in the benefit it brings to human lives. That potential value is determined first by studies in animals.
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