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  Chincoteague Pony

  The Chincoteague Pony is a hardy breed that breed originates on the Atlantic island of Assateague. The breed varies greatly in type and there is no true breed standard. Natural selection and the ... > more
• Wild Animals
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  Nature
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  Extinction
   
  

  Feral

  A feral organism is one that has escaped from domestication and returned, partly or wholly, to its wild state. Rarely will a local environment perfectly integrate the feral organism into its ... > more
• Mammals
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  Donkey

  The donkey or ass is a domesticated animal of the horse family. Donkeys have a reputation for stubbornness, but this is due to some handlers' misinterpretation of their highly developed sense of self ... > more
• Fertility
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  Artificial insemination

  Artificial insemination (AI) is when sperm is placed into a female's ovarian follicle (intrafollicular), uterus (intrauterine), cervix (intracervical), or fallopian tubes (intratubal) using ... > more
• Animals
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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
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Charles Darwin
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  Parallel evolution

  Parallel evolution is the independent evolution of similar traits, starting from a similar ancestral condition. Frequently this is the situation in more closely related lineages, where several ... > more
• Veterinary Medicine
  Dogs
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  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
• Agriculture and Food
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  Animal husbandry

  Animal husbandry is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock. As such, it is a vital skill for farmers and, in some countries in many ... > more
• Arthritis
  Lupus
  Joint Pain
  Osteoporosis
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  Joint

  A joint (articulation) is the location at which two bones make contact (articulate). Joints are constructed to both allow movement and provide mechanical support. Structure and function of a joint ... > more
• Virology
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  West Nile virus

  West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae, found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, ... > more

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