| Abstract from DBPedia | Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutrition, and product development. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domesticated and wild, with a wide range of conditions that can affect different species. Veterinary medicine is widely practiced, both with and without professional supervision. Professional care is most often led by a veterinary physician (also known as a veterinarian, veterinary surgeon, or "vet"), but also by paraveterinary workers, such as veterinary nurses or technicians. This can be augmented by other paraprofessionals with specific specialties, such as animal physiotherapy or dentistry, and species-relevant roles such as farriers. Veterinary science helps human health through the monitoring and control of zoonotic disease (infectious disease transmitted from nonhuman animals to humans), food safety, and through human applications via medical research. They also help to maintain food supply through livestock health monitoring and treatment, and mental health by keeping pets healthy and long-living. Veterinary scientists often collaborate with epidemiologists and other health or natural scientists, depending on type of work. Ethically, veterinarians are usually obliged to look after animal welfare. Veterinarians diagnose, treat, and help keep animals safe and healthy.獣医学（じゅういがく、英語: veterinary medicine）は、医学、診断学および治療原理を伴侶動物（ペット）、産業動物（家畜）、野生動物およびエキゾチックアニマルに応用するための学問である。獣医学は家畜生産の実践、群単位での健康管理、疾患のモニタリングなどを研究し、保護するために不可欠の分野である。科学的知識の取得・応用が必要となり、家畜と野生動物両方の疾患防御、及び食品衛生や環境衛生を通じた人間の健康の維持・増進を目的とした技術を使用する。 獣医学は家畜、伴侶動物および野生動物の慎重なモニタリングを通じて、人間の健康を守るという手段のひとつでもある。新興の人獣共通感染症に対処するには、獣医学でも行われている「群の健康管理」という概念に特に適した疫学および感染症制御の手法が必要な場合ある。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Veterinary_medicine) |
