| Akabane virus |
a bunyavirus that causes arthrogryposis and other congenital deformities in fetal cattle and sheep in utero when the mothers become infected; it is spread between animals by biting insects.
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| Akabane virus d. |
the symptom complex seen in fetal sheep or calves after their mothers have been bitten by insects and infected with the Akabane virus; fetuses have encephalomyelitis or defective brains (sometimes hydranencephaly) and arthrogryposis. See also congenital articular rigidity, under rigidity.
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