"Animal Culling" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Selection and removal of individuals from a population or group. Culling is a common strategy with livestock and wildlife, used to control and eradicate diseases or pests, control population size, select for desired genetic characteristics, and maximize economic profit.
| Descriptor ID |
D065136
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.040.090.500 N06.850.780.200.112
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Animal Culling" by people in Profiles.
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Pandemic dooms Danish mink-and mink research. Science. 2020 11 13; 370(6518):754.
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COVID mink analysis shows mutations are not dangerous - yet. Nature. 2020 11; 587(7834):340-341.
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Cull, release or bring them home: Coronavirus crisis forces hard decisions for labs with animals. Nature. 2020 04; 580(7801):19.
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Spread? of deadly pig virus in China hastens vaccine research. Nature. 2019 05; 569(7754):13-14.
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Quantifying the Value of Perfect Information in Emergency Vaccination Campaigns. PLoS Comput Biol. 2017 02; 13(2):e1005318.