Welcome to the BTER Foundation


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 Ichthyotherapy ("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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Recent Items

  • 2011 Biotherapy Video Contest - UPDATE
    November 6, 2011, 5:25 am

    The deadline for submissions to the 2011 Biotherapy Video Contest has been postponed to: December 31, 2011. By popular request, you may continue working on your biotherapy videos, and still be eligible for entry into the Biotherapy Video Contest, as long as we receive your entry and entry form (information) by the end of this year. Don't forget to check out the Rules and Prizes, on the Biotherapy Video Contest website . . . and GOOD LUCK to you ALL!

  • Announcing the 2011 Biotherapy Video Contest
    July 6, 2011, 6:32 am

    Various forms of biotherapy have been practiced for thousands of years, yet many people are not well informed about biotherapy and its current practices. The purpose of the Biotherapy Video Contest is to inspire the creation, dissemination, and publication of informative videos presenting biotherapy.

    To enter, access the contest website, complete the official entry form and submit it and the video as directed. Submitted videos should define, teach, illustrate, or discuss maggot debridement therapy, leech therapy, bee venom therapy, or any of the other biotherapies. Entries must be submitted no later than 11:59PM Pacific Time on November 30, 2011. Contestants may enter as many videos as they wish.

    Qualified individuals from the BTER Foundation, or its designees, will select the ten finalists, which will then be posted on the contest website, on the BTER Foundation’s YouTube* page, and on the...

  • 2010 Baer Awards Recognize 6 of the World's Biotherapy Leaders
    February 13, 2011, 5:09 pm

    The BioTherapeutics, Education & Research (BTER) Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 William S. Baer Award for Outstanding Service in the Advancement of Biotherapy. The 6 award winners were presented at the 8th International Conference on Biotherapy, held recently in Los Angeles; they are: David Armstrong, MD, DPM, PhD; John Church, MD, FRCSE; Pam Mitchell; Eliot Mostow, MD, MPH; Kosta Mumcuoglu, PhD; and Aletha Tippett, MD, MCh. Read more about the awardees at www.BTERFoundation.org/baerawardees-2010. Read more about the William S. Baer Award at www.BTERFoundation.org/baeraward. The official press release can be found HERE.

  • Charles Mraz Apitherapy Course and International Conference (CMACC)
    September 28, 2010, 5:34 am

    Learn the ancient Art & Science of APITHERAPY - the medicinal use of products from the beehive: honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, bee venom and beeswax. Join The American Apitherapy Society, as they present the next Charles Mraz Apitherapy Course and International Conference (CMACC), November 11-14, 2010, at the Hilton Los Angeles / Universal City Hotel, Universal City, California 91608 USA.

    You can attend sessions for both the International Conference on Biotherapy and the CMACC at the same time, in the same location! Contact the staff at either conference to find out more.

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