Budgie smuggling or doing bird? Human-animal interactions in carceral space: prison(er) animals as abject and subject

Genetic Engineering of Domestic Animals: Human Prerogative or Animal Cruelty?

The bird as an experimental animal.

For those who are not familiar with birds as experimental animals perhaps it should be pointed out that they offer many advantages over mammals, although they are obviously not the ideal animal for certain experiments. Few laboratories work with birds other than poultry, but canaries and other cage birds are occasionally used when their special qualities are applicable, as in work with low conc...

Patient, prisoner or person?

Case studies provide rich descriptions of significant vignettes that highlight atypical systemic or clinical problems and identify potentially important research questions. The case study presented by Venters, Razvi, Tobia and Drucker (2006) describes an unfortunate set of events pertaining to an individual's experience as they were failed by s several systems all at once and neglected for havi...

Fasting and Experimental Animals, Detrimental or Positive?

While fasting has been practiced for centuries, its beneficial effects was unknown until recently. This review tries to analyze the current literature of how fasting and intermittent fasting (IF) could affect clinical pathological parameters, learning, mood and brain plasticity. The effects of different ways of fasting on metabolism and stress were also explored. Animal experiments have elucida...

Plant-animal Interactions: Simulation of Bird Damage on Corn Ears

Within the past decade interactions among plants and animals have received increasing attention, mostly pertaining to selection of plants that produce toxic secondary compounds as a direct result of herbivory (Gilbert and Raven, 1975; Feeny, 1975; and Rhoades and Cates, 1976) and in turn selection of animals that detoxify these plant compounds (Freeland and Janzen,1974). Indeed, the plant-herbi...