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MeSH Heading: Bison
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.500.380.120
Unique ID: D016164
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016164
Annotation: note entry term BUFFALOES, AMERICAN: BUFFALOES is also available
Scope Note: A genus of the family Bovidae having two species: B. bison and B. bonasus. This concept is differentiated from BUFFALOES, which refers to Bubalus arnee and Syncerus caffer.
Entry Term(s): Buffalo, American; Buffaloes, American
Previous Indexing: Animal (1967-1990); Artiodactyla (1973-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 91
History Note: 91
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/04/24
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Bison MeSH Descriptor Data 2025