TY  - CONF
ID  - orgprints8282
UR  - http://orgprints.org/8282/
A1  - Engel, Cindy Reece
Y1  - 2002///
N2  - This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Much research on animal health and welfare assumes that animals passively endure the pathogens, diet, and environmental conditions that come their way. Natural selection however has honed behavioural strategies for optimising health. Some of these involve the selection of ?medicines? to modulate health. Although it is not yet known to what extent domestic species retain the ability to self-medicate, it is vital that researchers acknowledge the potential role such behaviour might play when designing research protocols
PB  - Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
KW  - Colloquium of organic researchers; COR; animal health and welfare; livestock husbandry; self-medication;animal behaviour
ED  - Powell, Jane
ED  - et al., 
TI  - Acknowledging the potential role of animal self-medication
SP  - 355
AV  - public
EP  - 358
ER  -