DeCS

Descriptor English:

Vivisection

Descriptor Spanish:

Vivisección

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	vivisección
Scope note:	Corte u operación quirúrgica en un animal vivo, generalmente para investigación fisiológica o patológica. (Traducción libre del original: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dict, 10thed.)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Vivissecção

Descriptor French:

Vivisection

Entry term(s):

Vivisections

Tree number(s):

E05.017.900

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014824

Scope note:

The cutting of or surgical operation on a living animal, usually for physiological or pathological investigation. (from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dict, 10th ed)

Allowable Qualifiers:

AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary

Animal Welfare MeSH

DeCS ID:

15225

Unique ID:

D014824

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2002/07/03

ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT

Investigative Techniques [E05]

Investigative Techniques

Animal Experimentation [E05.017]

Animal Experimentation

Animal Use Alternatives [E05.017.080]

Animal Use Alternatives

Rotarod Performance Test [E05.017.449]

Rotarod Performance Test

Vivisection [E05.017.900]

Vivisection

Vivisection - Preferred

Concept UI	M0022822
Scope note	The cutting of or surgical operation on a living animal, usually for physiological or pathological investigation. (from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dict, 10th ed)
Preferred term	Vivisection
Entry term(s)	Vivisections

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