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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. therapeutics
  3. surgery
  4. mulesing
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal welfare
  3. laboratory animal procedures
  4. surgery
  5. mulesing
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. animal welfare
  3. laboratory animal procedures
  4. surgery
  5. mulesing

Preferred term

mulesing

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The surgical removal or the physical destruction of skin near the tail and perineal area of sheep in order to reduce the incidence of flystrike.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • Mules operation

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/127366

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