castration of animals

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• CASTRATION — CASTRATION, the removal of testes or ovaries. In the Hebrew Bible, the term saris, commonly rendered eunuch, occurs more than 40 times. As a rule, the saris designated a court official who, occasionally, even reached the high rank of military… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Castration — The Castration of Uranus: fresco by Vasari Cristofano Gherardi (c. 1560, Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence). Not to be confused with Penectomy or Penis removal. Castration (also referred to as gelding, spa …   Wikipedia

• Advocates for Animals — Advocates for Animals, formerly known as the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection, is an animal rights organization which campaigns against all animal use including farming, the fur trade, bloodsports, captive and performing animals …   Wikipedia

• Industrial agriculture (animals) — Industrial animal agriculture is a modern form of intensive farming that refers to the industrialized production of livestock, including cattle, poultry (in battery farms ) and fish. Most of the meat, dairy and eggs available in supermarkets are… …   Wikipedia

• SEXUAL OFFENSES — Although the technical term for sexual offenses in general is gillui arayot (lit. the uncovering of nakedness ), the term is usually (though not always: cf. Ex. 20:23; Isa. 47:3, et al.) employed to denote carnal knowledge (Lev. 18:6–19). In the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• spirochaetosis — /ˌspaɪroʊkəˈtoʊsəs/ (say .spuyrohkuh tohsuhs) noun Veterinary Science 1. a specific, infectious, usually fatal, blood disease of chickens caused by a spirochaete, Borrelia anserina. 2. an infection of pigs caused by an organism, B. suilla,… …  

• Gelding — A gelding is a castrated animal mdash; in English, the term specifically refers to a castrated male horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule. As a verb, it also refers to the castration procedure itself. The word comes from the Old Norse… …   Wikipedia

• Neutering — Romanino, Scene of a cat castration, 1531–32, Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento. Neutering, from the Latin neuter (of neither sex[1]), is the removal of an animal s reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerabl …   Wikipedia

• Classification Aarne-Thompson — La classification Aarne Thompson, relevant des sciences du folklore, est une classification des contes populaires en contes types. Commencée par le Finlandais Antti Aarne, elle sera par la suite complétée par l Américain Stith Thompson. Sommaire… …   Wikipédia en Français

• aggressive behaviour — Any action of an animal intended to injure an opponent or prey animal or to cause an opponent to retreat. Aggression may be caused by various stimuli. Within its own group, an animal must display aggressive postures to maintain its position… …   Universalium

• animal behaviour — Introduction       any activity of an intact organism.       A living animal behaves constantly in order to survive, and all animals must solve the same basic problems. They must, for instance, periodically replace their energy source (consume… …   Universalium