Disciplines and Occupations

Veterinary Medicine

The medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in animals.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in animals.

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1 entry terms
  • Medicine, Veterinary

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the specialty only; use /vet with diseases & techniques

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  1. H02w.956w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Veterinary Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014730. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014730
  2. Veterinary Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterinary_medicine
  3. Veterinary Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170201