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MeSH Heading: Veterinary Service, Military
Tree Number(s): H02.956.858
Unique ID: D014731
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014731
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Scope Note: A corps of the armed services concerned with animal medicine, the chief interest of which is the care of government-owned working dogs (as in the military police units), working horses (as in state funerals), and working military dolphins (as in undersea exploration and other activities). In the United States Army Veterinary Corps animal medicine overlaps and interconnects with biomedical research using laboratory research animals. A related activity is laboratory animal care. The Corps provides limited care for privately owned animals of military personnel through non-appropriated funds. Military service veterinarians in the United States Army must be graduates of accredited veterinary schools and must have a state license. (Telephone communication with Lt. Col. William Inskeep II, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, October 4, 1994)
Entry Version: VET SERV MILITARY
Entry Term(s): Military Veterinary Service; Service, Military Veterinary
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

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Concept UI: M0022649
Scope Note: A corps of the armed services concerned with animal medicine, the chief interest of which is the care of government-owned working dogs (as in the military police units), working horses (as in state funerals), and working military dolphins (as in undersea exploration and other activities). In the United States Army Veterinary Corps animal medicine overlaps and interconnects with biomedical research using laboratory research animals. A related activity is laboratory animal care. The Corps provides limited care for privately owned animals of military personnel through non-appropriated funds. Military service veterinarians in the United States Army must be graduates of accredited veterinary schools and must have a state license. (Telephone communication with Lt. Col. William Inskeep II, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, October 4, 1994)
Terms: Veterinary Service, Military Preferred Term
Term UI T043045
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Service, Military Veterinary
Term UI T043043
Date01/01/1986
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Military Veterinary Service
Term UI T043044
Date05/01/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990)

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