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Biotherapy is the use of live animals to aid in the diagnosis or treatment of illness. Examples of biotherapy include service animals (such as guide dogs), wound therapy with leeches (hirudotherapy) or maggots (also known as "maggot therapy," "maggot debridement therapy" [MDT], "larval therapy," or (biodebridement") and even "good germs" that can rid us of "bad germs" (phage therapy, for example, whereby viral parasites of specific pathogenic bacteria search and destroy those bacteria). For more information about various biotherapies, explore the links below, or find your biotherapy of choice listed in the side panel.

The BTER Foundation is a non-profit, membership-based service organization specializing in public support and professional education in biotherapeutic medicine.


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For more information about Biotherapy, use the pictorial guide below, or the menus above and to the left to select the topics that interest you.


Maggot Therapy Maggot Therapy Leech Therapy Leech Therapy Bee Venom Therapy Bee Venom Therapy
Helmintherapy Helmintherapy ("Medicinal Roundworms") Fish Therapy Ichthiotherapy ("Doctor Fish") Phage & Microbial Therapy Phage & Microbial Therapy
pet Therapy Canine Olfactory Detection Service Animals Service Animals Pet Therapy Pet Therapy, Hippotherapy



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BioTherapeutics, Education and Research (BTER) Foundation
36 Urey Court   Irvine,  CA   92617
Phone (temporary): 949-679-3000;     Fax: 949-679-3001
E-mail: info@BTERFoundation.org
www.BTERFoundation.org
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