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Descriptor English: Grooming
Descriptor Spanish: Aseo Animal
Descriptor aseo animal
Entry term(s) acicalamiento
Scope note: Limpieza y cuidado de la superficie corporal de los animales. Este concepto comprende el acicalamiento, la limpieza y el engrasado de las plumas con el pico, o del pelo con la lengua.
Descriptor Portuguese: Asseio Animal
Descriptor French: Soins du pelage
Entry term(s): Groomings
Preening
Preenings
Tree number(s): F01.145.113.111.453
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006120
Scope note: An animal's cleaning and caring for the body surface. This includes preening, the cleaning and oiling of feathers with the bill or of hair with the tongue.
Annotation: animal only; for personal grooming of humans use HYGIENE
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DE drug effects
ES ethics
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Behavior, Animal (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68; PREENING was see under GROOMING 1975-90
Online Note: use GROOMING to search PREENING 1975-90
History Note: 68; PREENING was see under GROOMING 1975-90
DeCS ID: 6270
Unique ID: D006120
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2002/07/03
Grooming - Preferred
Concept UI M0009643
Scope note An animal's cleaning and caring for the body surface. This includes preening, the cleaning and oiling of feathers with the bill or of hair with the tongue.
Preferred term Grooming
Entry term(s) Groomings
Preening - Narrower
Concept UI M0009644
Preferred term Preening
Entry term(s) Preenings



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