Treating Animals Naturally?

Treating Animals Naturally?

Treating Animals Naturally

Jim Harter, Animals: J4J9 Copyright.Free lUustralions. olmes Rolston Ill's New York: Dover, 1979 Environmental Ethics1 is a wide-ranging work containing many valuable insights and suggestions. But his account of the human treatment of animals2 is seriously confused. It contains arbitrary distinc­ tions which serve as an apologetic for the status quo in our society. In this paper I explain the p...

Naturally occurring diseases in animals: contributions to translational medicine.

T he natural world brings to us an array of opportunities to understand the processes of life and disease. Naturally occurring or spontaneous diseases of animals allow us to gain important and fundamental knowledge of human disease and translational medicine. This edition of the ILAR Journal brings together a number of reviews that enlighten us about naturally occurring diseases of animals. The...

Naturally occurring toxic factors in plants and animals used as food.

Toxic components of natural foodstuffs are discussed, with special reference to lathyrogens, pressor amines, azoxyglycosides, and labile sulfur compounds. The osteolathyrogen, gamma-glutamyl-beta-aminopropionitrile, in sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) seeds induces skeletal deformities and aortic rupture, probably by interfering with normal maturation of collagen fibres. Neurolathyrism in man may ...

Gene flow and genetic diversity in naturally fragmented metapopulations of deep-sea hydrothermal vent animals.

The ephemeral nature of deep-sea hydrothermal vents is expected to favor species with good colonization abilities, high dispersal rates, and rapid individual growth rates. Studies of gene flow in vent-endemic species provide glimpses into modes and patterns of dispersal. For some species, gene flow occurs without geographical bias (i.e., island model); their dispersal capabilities probably exce...