Preferred Label : poultry diseases;
MeSH definition : Diseases of birds which are raised as a source of meat or eggs for human consumption
and are usually found in barnyards, hatcheries, etc. The concept is differentiated
from BIRD DISEASES which is for diseases of birds not considered poultry and usually
found in zoos, parks, and the wild.;
MeSH synonym : diseases, poultry; poultry disease; disease, poultry;
MeSH annotation : coord IM with specific poultry (IM); for abnormalities or injuries, index under POULTRY
/abnorm or POULTRY /inj; don't forget also POULTRY (NIM) if no specific fowl is indexed;
also check tag ANIMALS; differentiate from BIRD DISEASES on basis of definition of
BIRDS & POULTRY under POULTRY;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poultry disease;
Origin ID : D011201;
UMLS CUI : C0032851;
Allowable qualifiers
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- Record concept(s)
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- Semantic type(s)
Diseases of birds which are raised as a source of meat or eggs for human consumption
and are usually found in barnyards, hatcheries, etc. The concept is differentiated
from BIRD DISEASES which is for diseases of birds not considered poultry and usually
found in zoos, parks, and the wild.
