title: [The invention of animals: a history of Mexican veterinary medicine in the nineteenth century].
abstract: This article analyzes a phenomenon I call "the invention of animals," that is, the way in which veterinary medicine and the practices of physiology, microbiology and zootechnics produced new and different ways of thinking about, studying, understanding, regulating, legislating, commercializing, exploiting and experiencing "the animal." In particular, the text focuses on the evolution of this phenomenon in Mexico during the nineteenth century, since during this period the impact of these disciplines on animal bodies led to significant changes in the fields of human medicine, public health, and livestock production.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F, México, blancaurme@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Blanca Irais Uribe
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Mendoza
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000266:history; D000818:Animals; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000266:history*; D015046:Zoology / Q000266:history