# RelatedPerson: AnimalSpecimen - HL7 Europe Laboratory Report v2.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **RelatedPerson: AnimalSpecimen**

## Resource Profile: RelatedPerson: AnimalSpecimen 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/animal-specimen-eu-lab | *Version*:2.0.0 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 2 | *Computable Name*:AnimalSpecimenEuLab |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | | |

 
This profile defines how to represent an Animal as source of a specimen or focus of the observation in FHIR for the purpose of this guide. This is used to identify the species when a specimen is collected from an animal and observation made on this specimen. It can also be used to identify the species when an observation is focused directly on the animal, without a specimen being collected. 

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [Observation Results: laboratory](StructureDefinition-Observation-resultslab-eu-lab.md) and [Specimen: Laboratory](StructureDefinition-Specimen-eu-lab.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [RelatedPerson/RelatedPerson-animal-example](RelatedPerson-RelatedPerson-animal-example.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.eu.laboratory|current/StructureDefinition/animal-specimen-eu-lab)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-animal-specimen-eu-lab.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-animal-specimen-eu-lab.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-animal-specimen-eu-lab.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "animal-specimen-eu-lab",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 2
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/animal-specimen-eu-lab",
  "version" : "2.0.0",
  "name" : "AnimalSpecimenEuLab",
  "title" : "RelatedPerson: AnimalSpecimen",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-05-05T16:28:07+02:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile defines how to represent an Animal as source of a specimen or focus of the observation in FHIR for the purpose of this guide.\nThis is used to identify the species when a specimen is collected from an animal and observation made on this specimen. It can also be used to identify the species when an observation is focused directly on the animal, without a specimen being collected.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "RelatedPerson",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "RelatedPerson",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson"
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.extension",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      },
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.extension:specimen-animal",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.extension",
      "sliceName" : "specimen-animal",
      "min" : 1,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/practitioner-animalSpecies|5.2.0"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.extension:specimen-animal.value[x]",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.extension.value[x]",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "example",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/ValueSet/lab-speciesType-eu-vs"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.extension:recordedSexOrGender",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.extension",
      "sliceName" : "recordedSexOrGender",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/individual-recordedSexOrGender"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.relationship",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.relationship",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.name",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.name",
      "short" : "The name of the animal",
      "comment" : "The name of the animal if relevant. For example, if the animal is a pet, the name of the pet can be recorded here."
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.telecom",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.telecom",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.gender",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.gender",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.address",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.address",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.photo",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.photo",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.period",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.period",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "RelatedPerson.communication",
      "path" : "RelatedPerson.communication",
      "max" : "0"
    }]
  }
}

```
