strategy
Applying veterinary medicine
Synonyms:
Animal health careConducting veterinary practice
Providing veterinary services
Providing veterinary skills
Description:
Reducing animal disease through treatment and preventive care. Context:
Man's concern with diseases that afflict animals dates from his earliest contacts with them and is reflected in early views of religion and magic. Diseases of animals remain a concern principally because of the economic losses they cause and the possible transmission of the causative agents to humans. Implementation:
Veterinary medicine includes research and study of disease in farm animals, wild animals, animals used in scientific research and pests. Claim:
(a) Veterinary science has reduced the suffering of animals the world over. (b) It has increased the yield of food and other animal products many fold. Counter Claim:
Veterinary medicine has mystified the process of caring for animals to the point that many simple procedures once done by anyone are now forgotten. Broader:
ApplyingProviding services Facilitates:
Reporting animal diseasesControlling animal diseasesProviding animal health careProcuring regular veterinary service Facilitated by:
Representing veterinariansTraining veterinary doctorsAdvancing veterinary scienceAbolishing unethical veterinary practices Subjects:
Medicine → Medicine Action → Application
Social Activity → Human resources
Social Activity → Services
Health Care → Veterinary
Health Care → Care
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
