Structured Summary
Abstract
Young, unweaned mammals. Refers to nursing animals whether nourished by their biological mother, foster mother, or bottle fed.
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Animals, Suckling
- Animal, Suckling
- Suckling Animal
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Aspects Covered
18 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
suckled by mother or by bottle; coord with specific suckling; NIM when exper animal; suckling of animals (the act, as in the eff of suckling on animal physiol) goes under LACTATION; do not forget also to check tag ANIMALS
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History Note
87(79); was see under ANIMALS 1979-86
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Suckling Animals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000833. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000833
- Suckling Animals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2379143