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**General Information about Minor Species and Minor Uses in a Major Species**

There are seven major species: horses, cattle, pigs, dogs, cats, chickens, and turkeys. Minor species are all animals that are not a major species, such as sheep, guinea pigs, and fish. A minor use in a major species is the use of a drug in one of the seven major species for a condition or disease that occurs infrequently or in limited geographic areas and in only a small number of animals each year.


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