Diseases

Animal Diseases

Diseases that occur in VERTEBRATE animals.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Diseases that occur in VERTEBRATE animals.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Diseases, Animal

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Aspects Covered

32 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified only; coordinate with specific animal (IM); do not index when a disease/vet is indexed (e.g. STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS /vet) or when a disease term treed under ANIMAL DISEASES is indexed (e.g. FOOT ROT; DOG DISEASES); do not index for experimental studies of disease in animals

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History Note

66; was see under VETERINARY MEDICINE & ZOONOSES 1963-65

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  1. C22w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Animal Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000820. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000820
  2. Animal Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_disease
  3. Animal Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9190427