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His work, the Shalihotra Samhita, is an early Indian treatise on veterinary medicine (hippiatrics), likely composed in the 3rd century BCE. [1] Shalihotra was the son of a sage named Hayagosha. He is considered as the founder of veterinary sciences in Indian tradition.
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. 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.
Category for the history of veterinary medicine. Pages in category "History of veterinary medicine" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Welcome to WikiProject Veterinary medicine! Our goal: To create, improve, and maintain articles and content relating to the subject of veterinary medicine . Project scope: Articles related to veterinary medicine, such as diseases, conditions and treatments of all animals excluding humans, as described on the Assessments page.
Veterinary specialists are in the minority compared to general practice veterinarians, and tend to be based at points of referral, such as veterinary schools or larger animal hospitals. Unlike human medicine, veterinary specialties often combine both the surgical and medical aspects of a biological system.
Ethnoveterinary medicine (EVM) considers that traditional practices of veterinary medicine are legitimate and seeks to validate them (Köhler-Rollefson and Bräunig, 1998). Many non-Western traditions of veterinary medicine exist, such as acupuncture and herbal medicine in China, Tibetan veterinary medicine, Ayurveda in India, etc.
All human societies have medical beliefs - birth, death, disease and cures are explained in some manner. Historically, throughout the history of medicine world illness has often been attributed to witchcraft, demons or the will of the gods, ideas that still retain some power, even in 'modern' societies, with faith healing and shrines still common.
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