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Descriptor English: Pets
Descriptor Spanish: Mascotas
Descriptor mascotas
Entry term(s) animales de compañía
gatos de compañía
perros de compañía
Scope note: Animales utilizados por el hombre como compañía y por placer, en contraposición con los ANIMALES DOMÉSTICOS, como los de granja, que se utilizan por razones económicas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Animais de Estimação
Descriptor French: Animaux de compagnie
Entry term(s): Animal, Companion
Animals, Companion
Cat, Companion
Cats, Companion
Companion Animal
Companion Animals
Companion Cat
Companion Cats
Companion Dog
Companion Dogs
Dog, Companion
Dogs, Companion
Pet
Tree number(s): B01.050.050.116.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057805
Scope note: Animals kept by humans for companionship and enjoyment, as opposed to DOMESTIC ANIMALS such as livestock or farm animals, which are kept for economic reasons.
Annotation: coordinate with specific animal if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EC economics
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Animals, Domestic (1963-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011; see ANIMALS, DOMESTIC 1983-2010
History Note: 2011; use ANIMALS, DOMESTIC 1983-2010
Related: Human-Animal Bond MeSH
DeCS ID: 53869
Unique ID: D057805
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Pets - Preferred
Concept UI M0001236
Scope note Animals kept by humans for companionship and enjoyment, as opposed to DOMESTIC ANIMALS such as livestock or farm animals, which are kept for economic reasons.
Preferred term Pets
Entry term(s) Animal, Companion
Animals, Companion
Companion Animal
Companion Animals
Pet
Companion Dogs - Narrower
Concept UI M000731430
Preferred term Companion Dogs
Entry term(s) Companion Dog
Dog, Companion
Dogs, Companion
Companion Cats - Narrower
Concept UI M000731431
Preferred term Companion Cats
Entry term(s) Cat, Companion
Cats, Companion
Companion Cat



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