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Descriptor English: Swine
Descriptor Spanish: Porcinos
Descriptor porcinos
Entry term(s) Phacochoerus
Suidae
cerdos
cerdos suinos
jabalí africano
suidos
Scope note: Cualquiera de los diversos animales que constituyen la familia Suidae. Son mamíferos robustos, omnívoros, de patas cortas, piel gruesa, habitualmente cubierta por cerdas gruesas, hocico bastante largo y móvil y cola corta. Están incluidos los géneros Babyrousa, Phacochoerus (facóceros) y Sus, al que pertenece el cerdo doméstico (véase SUS SCROFA).
Descriptor Portuguese: Suínos
Descriptor French: Suidae
Entry term(s): Hog, Wart
Hogs, Wart
Phacochoerus
Pigs
Suidae
Wart Hog
Wart Hogs
Warthogs
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.500.880
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013552
Scope note: Any of various animals that constitute the family Suidae and comprise stout-bodied, short-legged omnivorous mammals with thick skin, usually covered with coarse bristles, a rather long mobile snout, and small tail. Included are the genera Babyrousa, Phacochoerus (wart hogs), and Sus, the latter containing the domestic pig (see SUS SCROFA).
Annotation: unspecified swine or pigs goes here; PIG, DOMESTIC see SUS SCROFA is available
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Consider Also: consider also terms at HOG and PORCINE
DeCS ID: 13933
Unique ID: D013552
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Swine - Preferred
Concept UI M0020932
Scope note Any of various animals that constitute the family Suidae and comprise stout-bodied, short-legged omnivorous mammals with thick skin, usually covered with coarse bristles, a rather long mobile snout, and small tail. Included are the genera Babyrousa, Phacochoerus (wart hogs), and Sus, the latter containing the domestic pig (see SUS SCROFA).
Preferred term Swine
Entry term(s) Pigs
Suidae
Warthogs - Narrower
Concept UI M0410690
Preferred term Warthogs
Entry term(s) Hog, Wart
Hogs, Wart
Phacochoerus
Wart Hog
Wart Hogs



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