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Descriptor English: Sheep, Bighorn
Descriptor Spanish: Borrego Cimarrón
Descriptor borrego cimarrón
Scope note: Especie de ovino, Ovis canadensis, caracterizada por sus cuernos macizos de color marrón. Al menos hay cuatro subespecies y todas están amenazadas o en peligro.
Descriptor Portuguese: Carneiro da Montanha
Descriptor French: Ovis canadensis
Entry term(s): Bighorn Sheep
Ovis canadensis
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.500.380.791.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D034581
Scope note: A species of sheep, Ovis canadensis, characterized by massive brown horns. There are at least four subspecies and they are all endangered or threatened.
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
Previous Indexing: Sheep (1965-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36572
Unique ID: D034581
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Sheep, Bighorn - Preferred
Concept UI M0405840
Scope note A species of sheep, Ovis canadensis, characterized by massive brown horns. There are at least four subspecies and they are all endangered or threatened.
Preferred term Sheep, Bighorn
Entry term(s) Bighorn Sheep
Ovis canadensis
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep - Narrower
Concept UI M0410649
Preferred term Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep



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