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Sheep

"Sheep" 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.

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Any of the ruminant mammals with curved horns in the genus Ovis, family Bovidae. They possess lachrymal grooves and interdigital glands, which are absent in GOATS.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sheep" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sheep" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 96 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 1998
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