Definitions containing the term animal electricity
What does animal electricity mean?
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| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | ||||
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | ||||
| PETC | Petco Animal Supplies | ||||
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | ||||
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | ||||
| IFAW | International Fund for Animal Welfare | ||||
| IFAW | International Fund for Animal Welfare | ||||
| ALF | Animal Liberation Front | ||||
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee | ||||
| ACAF | Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs | ||||
| ESB | Electricity Supply Board | ||||
| AAHA | American Animal Hospital Association | ||||
| CAFO | Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation | ||||
| AFO | Animal Feeding Operations | ||||
| WECC | Western Electricity Coordinating Council | ||||
| UFAW | Universities Federation for Animal Welfare | ||||
| AAALAC | Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International | ||||
| ASAS | American Society of Animal Science | ||||
| CEGB | Central Electricity Generating Board | ||||
| FARM | Farm Animal Reform Movement | ||||
| FARM | Farm Animal Reform Movement | ||||
| AALAS | American Association for Laboratory Animal Science | ||||
| FAWC | Farm Animal Welfare Council | ||||
| TAHC | Texas Animal Health Commission | ||||
| NORINA | Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science & Alternatives |
What does animal electricity mean?
- Animal Electricity
- Electricity, notably of high tension, generated in the animal system, in the Torpedo, Gymnotus and Silurus. The shocks given by these fish are sometimes very severe. The gymnotus, or electric eel, was elaborately investigated by Faraday. It has the power of voluntarily effecting this discharge. There is undoubtedly some electricity in all animals. The contact of the spinal column of a recently killed frog with the lumbar muscles produces contraction, showing electric excitement. Currents can be obtained from nerve and muscle, or from muscle sides and muscle cut transversely, in each case one thing representing positive and the other negative elements of a couple.