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veterinary medicine

medical speciality dealing with the diseases of animals, animal welfare, etc.
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Summary

veterinary medicine is a medical specialty[1]. It draws 3,252 Wikipedia views per month (medical specialty category, ranking #37 of 177).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3], academic major[4], industry[5]
  • Subclass of: medicine[6], animal care[7], veterinary science[8]
  • Part of: zootechnics[9]
  • Commons category: Veterinary medicine[10]
  • Symptoms and signs: animal disease[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Veterinary medicine[12]
  • Commons gallery: Veterinary medicine[13]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Veterinary medicine[14]
  • Described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[19]
  • Equivalent class: https://schema.org/VeterinaryCare[20]
  • Different from: comparative medicine[21]
  • History of topic: history of veterinary medicine[22]
  • Uses: non-human animal[23]
  • Practiced by: veterinarian[24], paraveterinary worker[25], 愛玩動物看護師[26]
  • Merchant Category Code: 0742[27]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]

Why It Matters

veterinary medicine has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edam ontology id → topic_3397
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Edam ontology id: topic_3397"
  2. 21d ago · 星組背番号10 · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → veterinarian, paraveterinary worker, 愛玩動物看護師
    Encyclopedia tatarica (ru) online id → razdely/nauka/veterinariya
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Practiced by: 愛玩動物看護師"
  3. 8w ago · Frhdkazan · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia tatarica (tt) online id → razdely/nauka/veterinariya
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopedia tatarica (tt) online id: razdely/nauka/veterinariya"
  4. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → veterinary-medicine
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: veterinary-medicine, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966832|veterinary medicine (#289966832)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  5. 13w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1CONql
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Determination method or standard: record linkage, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260984|batch #260984]]"
  6. 14w ago · Chalmd · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id → 17c20e5d-94d8-4134-ab48-8334e2c5d336
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bbc things id: 17c20e5d-94d8-4134-ab48-8334e2c5d336"
  7. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 6758
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 6758, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107288660|veterinary medicine (#107288660)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxf"
  8. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002855-veterinarni-lekarstvi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002855-veterinarni-lekarstvi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  9. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    History of topic → history of veterinary medicine
    Instance of → medical specialty, academic discipline, academic major +1
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category → Category:Veterinary medicine
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 18878, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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