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There are many creative animal-related jobs, some requiring artistic backgrounds, and others requiring special expertise or education. But no matter the career, what sets creative animal-related careers apart from the rest is the ability to think outside the box and take a “normal” animal-related job and come up with a way to specialize to the point that you either offer something beyond your competition, or you’re doing something that allows you to tap into both your practical and artistic sides.

For example, while regular veterinary practices are grounded solely in science and medicine, alternative veterinary medicine allows for a more holistic approach and focuses not only on a specific animal, but also on that animal’s lifestyle, and focus not only on the diagnosis, but also on the cause of the illness in question. To specialize in alternative pet medicine requires more study than that required to become a licensed veterinarian, because one must also be well versed in holistic medicine. Alternative medicine veterinarians often use acupuncture and herbs to treat and maintain health in their patients, where traditional veterinary medicine would most likely rely on medication. Most alternative medicine veterinarians focus on diet as both the cause and effect of various illnesses. They also often look to homeopathy to help relieve stress in their patients. Some also employ animal chiropractic as a means to assist in quality of life in the animals they treat. The American Holistic Veterinary Medicine Association and the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy are organizations that offer education and support to those in this field.  Read more...

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Animal Experiments

The terms animal testing, animal experimentation, animal research, in vivo testing, and vivisection have similar denotations but different connotations. Literally, “vivisection” means the “cutting up” of a living animal, and historically referred only to experiments that involved the dissection of live animals. The term is now used to refer to any experiment using living animals; for example, the Encyclopedia Britannica defines “vivisection” as: “Operation on a living animal for experimental rather than healing purposes; more broadly, all experimentation on live animals. For others, the word has a pejorative connotation, implying torture, suffering, and death. The word “vivisection” is preferred by those opposed to this research, whereas scientists typically use the term “animal experimentation. (1)

Animal Models

An animal model is a non-human animal that has a disease or injury that is similar to a human condition. These test conditions are often termed as animal models of disease. The use of animal models allows researchers to investigate disease states in ways which would be inaccessible in a human patient, performing procedures on the non-human animal that imply a level of harm that would not be considered ethical to inflict on a human.

In order to serve as a useful model, a modeled disease must be similar in etiology (mechanism of cause) and function to the human equivalent. Animal models are used to learn more about a disease, its diagnosis and its treatment. For instance, behavioral analogues of anxiety or pain in laboratory animals can be used to screen and test new drugs for the treatment of these conditions in humans. (2)

History of Animal Experiments  Read more...

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