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ALTERED POPULATION [4 records]

Record 1 2007-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Pets
CONT

To be considered domesticated, a population of animals must have their behavior, life cycle, or physiology systemically altered as a result of being under human control for many generations. Animals... that do not fully meet this criterion are designated "captive-bred" or semi-domesticated.

OBS

[Compare with] the term "domestic animal" [which refers] to domesticated animals that actually live in physical proximity to humans, such as pets and guard animals, or even food species kept very close, e.g. to live on domestic food scraps and/or so their body heat can be used as ’stable heating’.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
  • Animaux d'agrément
DEF

Animal apprivoisé par l'homme.

CONT

Des abeilles, des chevaux domestiqué(e)s. Là, ils se trouvèrent en présence d'un animal, à demi domestiqué, que son propriétaire élevait. Des troupeaux de buffles à peine domestiqués surgissaient des vasières et prenaient le trot.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le terme «animal domestique» (en anglais : «domestic animal»), qui se rapporte aux animaux domestiqués vivant auprès de l'homme pour l'aider, le distraire ou le nourrir. Pour désigner les petits animaux domestiqués que l'on garde dans la maison pour le plaisir on utilise plus particulièrement le terme «animal familier» (en anglais : «pet»). Voir aussi ces fiches, de même que le terme connexe «animal d'ornement» (en anglais : «ornemental animal»).

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Ecology (General)
  • Biological Sciences
CONT

changes in such biological functions as growth, respiration rate, reproduction and behaviour are possible, and could manifest themselves in altered species diversity and community structure in population of organisms exposed to the heated effluent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Sciences biologiques
CONT

La fatigue est un état de déséquilibre qui correspond à un dérèglement de l'ensemble des fonctions biologiques concernant le système nerveux et le système endocrinien.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
CONT

In Ontario, over one hundred acidified lakes are known to be without fish and hundreds more show altered population. Several Nova Scotia Salmon rivers are now too acidic for successful reproduction of Atlantic Salmon and several others are threatened.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

A heritable change, occurring in cells in culture, either intrinsically or from treatment with chemical carcinogens, oncogenic viruses, irridation, etc., and leading to the acquisition of altered morphological, antigenic, neoplastic, proliferative, or other properties. This expression is distinguished from "in vitro neoplastie transformation" in that the alterations occurring in the cell population may not always include the ability of the cells to produce tumors in appropriate hosts. The type of transformation should always be specified in any description.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

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