(Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) A standard scale of performance used by doctors and researchers to assess how a patient's disease is progressing, and how the disease affects the daily living abilities of the patient. It is used to determine appropriate treatment and prognosis.
Implantable transponders which contain unique information for use in animal identification; A reader compatible with the transponder is used to make the final identification. These transponders are implanted into inedible portions of the animal (e.g., ear) and if the implant is rendered for animal feed, the Center is regulating the transponder as a food additive.
Identifies a location to which electronic mail (e-mail) messages can be delivered.
The US Census Bureau defines ethnicity or origin as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person 's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States.
Ending the life of an animal suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment.
Construed as including all adverse events, product problems/complaints, and product-use errors.
Unusual or exceptional system processing conditions (e.g., errors during the safety-report transmittal process, system inactivity during otherwise peak periods
Refers to the actual or intended use of an approved new animal drug in a manner that is not in accordance with the approved label directions.