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  Mirror test

  The mirror test is a measure of self-awareness developed by Gordon Gallup Jr in 1970. The test gauges self-awareness by determining whether an animal can recognize its own reflection in a mirror as ... > more
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  Dog health

  The domestic dog's health is possibly one of the best-studied areas in veterinary medicine, since the dog has had such a long and close relationship with humans. Some foods commonly enjoyed by humans ... > more
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  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Coyote

  The coyote is a member of the Canidae (the dog family) and a relative of the domestic dog. Coyotes are only found in North America. Coyotes may occasionally assemble in small packs, but normally hunt ... > more
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  Agriculture and Food
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  Domestication

  Domestication is a phenomenon whereby a wild biological organism is habituated to survive in the company of human beings. Domesticated animals, plants, and other organisms are those whose collective ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Bone and Spine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
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  Hip dysplasia

  Hip dysplasia is a hereditary disease that, in its more severe form, can eventually cause crippling lameness and painful arthritis of the joints. It is caused by a combination of genetic and ... > more
• Veterinary Medicine
  Dogs
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  Mating and Breeding
  Cats
  Behavioral Science
   
  

  Spaying and neutering

  Spaying and neutering are the respective surgical processes of female and male animal sterilization, to keep them from producing offspring. Neutering is sometimes used to refer to the surgery in ... > more
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  List of dog breeds

  Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years, sometimes by inbreeding dogs from the same ancestral lines, sometimes by mixing dogs from very different lines. Dog breeds can be divided into ... > more
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  Carnivore

  A carnivore is an animal that eats a diet consisting mainly of meat, whether it comes from live animals or dead ones (scavenging). Some animals are considered carnivores even if their diets contain ... > more
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  Nature
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  Omnivore

  An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and meat. Omnivores lack the specialist behaviour of carnivores and herbivores, searching widely for food sources, and are thus better able to withstand ... > more
• Evolutionary Biology
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  Endangered Animals
   

  Neoteny

  Neoteny is the retention, by adults in a species, of traits previously seen only in juveniles (pedomorphosis/paedomorphosis), and is a subject studied in the field of developmental biology. In ... > more

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