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mulesing

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004218

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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004218
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
SynonymsMules operation
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsosurgery; tail; sheep; flystrike; perineum
TranslationsSpanish: mulesing (mutilación)
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004218",
  "term": "mulesing",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Mules operation"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "surgery",
    "tail",
    "sheep",
    "flystrike",
    "perineum"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "mulesing (mutilación)"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/mulesing/"
}

Record 4,218 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.