Animals & Society
(History & Roles)
(History & Roles)
This 1966 act is the primary federal law in the US governing the treatment of animals in research and exhibition.
These three "Rs" are the guiding principles for ethical animal testing: Replace, Reduce, and this ________.
What is Refine?
This set of rules governs the professional conduct of veterinarians
What is the Veterinary Code of Ethics?
A behavior an animal is born with, rather than one it learns.
What is innate (or instinctive) behavior?
This ID method involves a small electronic chip placed under the skin.
What is microchipping?
The process of adapting wild animals for human use, which began roughly 10,000 years ago.
What is domestication?
This committee must review and approve all animal research protocols at an institution.
What is the IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee)?
To legally practice, a veterinarian must obtain this from the state.
What is a license?
Chemical signals released by animals to communicate with others of the same species.
What are pheromones?
What is lateral recumbency?
This viewpoint believes animals should not be used by humans for any purpose, including food or clothing.
What is Animal Rights?
This small rodent is the most commonly used animal in biomedical research.
What is the mouse?
This must be established before a veterinarian can prescribe medication or treat an animal.
What is a VCPR (Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationship)?
This "distance" is how close a human can get to an animal before it begins to run away.
What is the flight zone?
In medical terms, this prefix means "fast," as in a fast heart rate.
What is tachy-?
This viewpoint believes humans may use animals but have a responsibility to provide for their physical and mental needs.
What is Animal Welfare?
Research that involves testing a new drug on living systems before human clinical trials.
What is pre-clinical research?
This federal agency regulates the manufacturing and distribution of animal drugs and feeds.
What is the FDA?
This term refers to the hierarchy or "pecking order" within a group of social animals.
What is dominance?
The medical term for a difficulty or labored breathing.
What is dyspnea?
This organization, founded in 1866, was the first humane society in North America.
What is the ASPCA?
These animals are often used in research because their organ systems are very similar to humans.
What are non-human primates (or pigs)?
This agency oversees the disposal of medical waste and workplace safety in clinics.
What is OSHA?
This is the study of animal behavior in their natural environment.
What is ethology?
his term means "away from the center of the body" or "toward the end of a limb."
What is distal?