DeCS

Descriptor English:

Animals, Domestic

Descriptor Spanish:

Animales Domésticos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	animales domésticos
Entry term(s)	animales de granja
Scope note:	Animales que se han adaptado mediante la cría en cautividad a una vida íntimamente asociada con el hombre. Comprenden animales domesticados por el hombre para vivir y reproducirse en granjas o ranchos por razones económicas como el ganado (CABALLOS, OVEJAS, etc.) y las aves de corral, y los criados o mantenidos por placer y compañía como las mascotas (por ejemplo, PERROS, GATOS, etc.).

Descriptor Portuguese:

Animais Domésticos

Descriptor French:

Animaux domestiques

Entry term(s):

Animal de ferme
Animal domestique
Animal domestiqué
Animaux de ferme
Animaux domestiqués

Tree number(s):

B01.050.050.116

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000829

Scope note:

Animals which have become adapted through breeding in captivity to a life intimately associated with humans. They include animals domesticated by humans to live and breed in a tame condition on farms or ranches for economic reasons, including LIVESTOCK (specifically CATTLE; SHEEP; HORSES; etc.), POULTRY; and those raised or kept for pleasure and companionship, e.g., PETS; or specifically DOGS; CATS; etc.

Annotation:

general or unspecified; DOMESTICATION is also available

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CL classification
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PX psychologie
SU chirurgie
UR urine
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

842

Unique ID:

D000829

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:

2016/03/09