Review of implementation of animal model for diagnosis of past and present with special reference to Canis familiaris

Abstract

Science has always given utmost value to diagnosis that is recognizing or verifying facts. But medicine has more to give in this field than any other. Throughout the ages a varied number of upgrades are gradually seen in the area of diagnosis. Acharya has explained a varied number of diagnostic tools to achieve the goal of identifying a disease by a spectrum of applications of sense organs.In the context of pratyaksha pareeksha that is direct observations Acharya has explained that the taste of different tissues of the patient is without a doubt an object of gustatory sense organs. He gave an example of raktapitta bleeding disorder wherein he explained how the purity of blood and blood vitiated by pitta can be observed in contrast by feeding the blood to a dog and crow. The most recent development in this concept of the use of animal models especially Canis familiaris dogs surfaced during the efflux of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence an attempt to study and widen the concept of the application of animals in the area of medicine past and present.