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Animal Population Groups

Medical Definition: Animals grouped according to ecological, morphological or genetic populations.
Guide Notes: GEN; prefer specifics; /surg: consider also SURGERY, VETERINARY
Animal Population Groups Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Animals, Domestic - Animals which have become adapted through breeding in captivity to a life intimately associated with man. They include animals domesticated by man to live and breed in a tame condition on farms or ranches (e.g., horses, cattle, sheep) and those raised or kept for pleasure and companionship (e.g., dogs, cats, horses).
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Animals, Genetically Modified - ANIMALS whose GENOME has been altered by GENETIC ENGINEERING, or their offspring.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Animals, Inbred Strains - Animals produced by the mating of littermates or siblings over multiple generations. The resultant strain of animals is virtually identical genotypically. Highly inbred animal lines allow the study of certain traits in a relatively pure form. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Animals, Laboratory
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Animals, Newborn
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Animals, Outbred Strains - Animals that are generated from breeding two genetically dissimilar strains of the same species.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Animals, Poisonous
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Animals, Suckling - Young, unweaned mammals. Refers to nursing animals whether nourished by their biological mother, foster mother, or bottle fed.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Animals, Wild - Animals considered to be wild or feral or not adapted for domestic use. It does not include wild animals in zoos for which ANIMALS, ZOO is available.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Animals, Zoo
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Chimera - An individual that contains cell populations derived from different zygotes.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Organisms, Genetically Modified - Organisms whose GENOME has been changed by a GENETIC ENGINEERING technique.

Animal Population Groups Medical Definitions and Terms

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