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A cat eating grass – an example of zoopharmacognosy. Zoopharmacognosy is a behaviour in which non-human animals self-medicate by selecting and ingesting or topically applying plants, soils and insects with medicinal properties, to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of pathogens, toxins, and even other animals.
Animal drug, pharmaceuticals intended for use in animals, especially livestock; Effect of psychoactive drugs on animals, as a result of research studies; Recreational drug use in animals, a behavior in which animals seek out intoxicants for their pleasurable effects; Zoopharmacognosy, a behavior in which animals self-medicate
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Elephants have joined a small group of animals, including great apes, bottlenose dolphins and Eurasian magpies, that exhibit self-awareness. The study was conducted with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) using elephants at the Bronx Zoo in New York.
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As different drugs have different effects, they may be used for different reasons. According to the self-medication hypothesis (SMH), the individuals' choice of a particular drug is not accidental or coincidental, but instead, a result of the individuals' psychological condition, as the drug of choice provides relief to the user specific to his or her condition.
Self-medication is a human behavior in which an individual uses unprescribed drugs to treat untreated and/or undiagnosed ailments. Self-medication may also refer to: Self Medication, a 2008 album by the Slackers "Self-Medication" (The Venture Bros.), an episode of The Venture Bros; Zoopharmacognosy, self-medication in animals
Fortrea primate-testing lab, Vienna, Virginia, 2004–05. Most of the NHPs used are one of three species of macaques, accounting for 79% of all primates used in research in the UK, and 63% of all federally funded research grants for projects using primates in the U.S. [25] Lesser numbers of marmosets, tamarins, spider monkeys, owl monkeys, vervet monkeys, squirrel monkeys, and baboons are used ...