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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. laboratory animals
  3. mammals
  4. ungulates
  5. ruminants
  6. small ruminants
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. laboratory animals
  3. mammals
  4. ungulates
  5. ruminants
  6. small ruminants
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. vertebrates
  3. mammals
  4. ungulates
  5. ruminants
  6. small ruminants
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. vertebrates
  3. mammals
  4. ungulates
  5. ruminants
  6. small ruminants
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animals
  3. domestic animals
  4. livestock
  5. small ruminants
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. animals
  4. domestic animals
  5. livestock
  6. small ruminants
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animals
  3. farmed animal species
  4. livestock
  5. small ruminants
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. animals
  4. farmed animal species
  5. livestock
  6. small ruminants

Preferred term

small ruminants

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information Generally refers to domestic goats (Capra hircus) and sheep (Ovis aries), as opposed to larger ruminants like cattle. Like all ruminants, they chew their cud or partially-digested food and have a complex, four-chambered stomach (see ruminants).

    Source: AWIC

    Type: Concept definition

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