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Descriptor English: Animal Rights
Descriptor Spanish: Derechos del Animal
Descriptor derechos del animal
Entry term(s) especieísmo
especismo
Scope note: Bases éticas y morales de la protección de los animales de la crueldad y el maltrato. Los derechos afectan a los animales domésticos, de laboratorio y salvajes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Direitos dos Animais
Descriptor French: Droits des animaux
Entry term(s): Rights, Animal
Speciesism
Tree number(s): I01.880.604.100.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017087
Scope note: The moral and ethical bases of the protection of animals from cruelty and abuse. The rights are extended to domestic animals, laboratory animals, and wild animals.
Annotation: refers to domestic, laboratory or wild animals; ANIMAL WELFARE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Animal Welfare (1986-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93; was see ANIMAL WELFARE 1986-92; SPECIESISM was see ANIMAL WELFARE 1987-92
Online Note: use ANIMAL WELFARE to search ANIMAL RIGHTS 1986-92 and SPECIESISM 1987-92
History Note: 93; was see ANIMAL WELFARE 1986-92; SPECIESISM was see ANIMAL WELFARE 1987-92
DeCS ID: 30849
Unique ID: D017087
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/07
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Animal Rights - Preferred
Concept UI M0025963
Scope note The moral and ethical bases of the protection of animals from cruelty and abuse. The rights are extended to domestic animals, laboratory animals, and wild animals.
Preferred term Animal Rights
Entry term(s) Rights, Animal
Speciesism - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0025964
Scope note The theory that there is a morally relevant distinction between humans and nonhuman species. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Preferred term Speciesism



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