Animals, Domestic

"Animals, Domestic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID

D000829

MeSH Number(s)

B01.050.050.116

Concept/Terms

Animals, Domestic

Farm Animals

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Animals, Domestic".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Animal Population Groups [B01.050.050]
Animals, Domestic [B01.050.050.116]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Animals, Domestic".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Animals, Domestic".

Animals, Domestic
Livestock
Pets
Poultry

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Animals, Domestic" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Animals, Domestic" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 47 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2004 and 2006

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	2	0	2
1997	1	0	1
2001	1	3	4
2002	0	4	4
2003	0	1	1
2004	2	4	6
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	5	6
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	3	3
2010	0	2	2
2011	0	1	1
2014	1	1	2
2015	0	1	1
2017	1	1	2
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	0	1	1
2023	1	2	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Animals, Domestic" by people in Profiles.

Why humans kill animals and why we cannot avoid it. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Oct 20; 896:165283.

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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Terrestrial Animals in Southern Nigeria: Potential Cases of Reverse Zoonosis. Viruses. 2023 05 17; 15(5).

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Interventions to Reduce Risk for Pathogen Spillover and Early Disease Spread to Prevent Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 03; 29(3):1-9.

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A Pilot Study Investigating the Dynamics of Pigeon Circovirus Recombination in Domesticated Pigeons Housed in a Single Loft. Viruses. 2021 05 22; 13(6).

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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium serpentis in Captive Snakes in China. J Parasitol. 2021 03 01; 107(2):163-171.

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Dog faces exhibit anatomical differences in comparison to other domestic animals. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2021 01; 304(1):231-241.

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Farm animals and aquaculture: significant reservoirs of mobile colistin resistance genes. Environ Microbiol. 2020 07; 22(7):2469-2484.

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Early immune stimulation and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Costa Rica: A comparison of statistical approaches. Environ Res. 2020 03; 182:109023.

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Inter-host Transmission of Carbapenemase-Producing Escherichia coli among Humans and Backyard Animals. Environ Health Perspect. 2019 10; 127(10):107009.

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Parental occupational exposure to pesticides, animals and organic dust and risk of childhood leukemia and central nervous system tumors: Findings from the International Childhood Cancer Cohort Consortium (I4C). Int J Cancer. 2020 02 15; 146(4):943-952.

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