 Cats
"Cats" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801)
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D002415
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.147.354.250.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Cats- Cats
- Cat
- Felis sylvestris catus
- Felis domesticus
- Domestic Cats
- Cat, Domestic
- Cats, Domestic
- Domestic Cat
- Felis catus
- Felis domestica
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cats" by people in Profiles.
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Portnoy J, Kennedy K, Sublett J, Phipatanakul W, Matsui E, Barnes C, Grimes C, Miller JD, Seltzer JM, Williams PB, Bernstein JA, Bernstein DI, Blessing-Moore J, Cox L, Khan DA, Lang DM, Nicklas RA, Oppenheimer J. Environmental assessment and exposure control: a practice parameter--furry animals. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2012 Apr; 108(4):223.e1-15.
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Barnes C, Tuck J, Simon S, Pacheco F, Hu F, Portnoy J. Allergenic materials in the house dust of allergy clinic patients. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2001 May; 86(5):517-23.
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Chadha V, Warady BA. Capnocytophaga canimorsus peritonitis in a pediatric peritoneal dialysis patient. Pediatr Nephrol. 1999 Oct; 13(8):646-8.
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Lubkin SR, Romatowski J, Zhu M, Kulesa PM, White KA. Evaluation of feline leukemia virus control measures. J Theor Biol. 1996 Jan 07; 178(1):53-60.
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