| Haemophilus suis | <bacteria> A species, related to Haemophilus influenzae, found in swine and associated with influenza virus in the pneumonia of swine influenza. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Balantidium suis | A species originally considered distinct from the ciliate parasite of man, Balantidium coli, but now considered synonymous with it; nonpathogenic in swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Brucella suis | A species causing abortion in swine, brucellosis in man, and a wasting disease in chickens; may also infect horses, dogs, cows, monkeys, goats, and laboratory animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| streptococcus suis | A species of streptococcus isolated from pigs. It is a pathogen of swine but rarely occurs in humans. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Isospora suis | A species that affects the small intestine of the pig, producing mild diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eperythrozoon suis | A species that produces icterus and anaemia in young pigs and icteroanaemia of swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Trichomonas suis | Former name for Tritrichomonas suis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Trypanosoma suis | A species pathogenic for swine in Africa; it is transmitted by tsetse flies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaccination, haemophilus influenzae type b | See vaccination, hib. (12 Dec 1998) |
| meningitis, haemophilus | A type of meningitis caused by haemophilus influenzae type b. It develops insidiously over several days and is commonly associated with an upper respiratory infection. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haemophilus | <bacteria> A genus of pasteurellaceae that consists of several species occurring in animals and humans. Its organisms are described as gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, coccobacillus or rod-shaped, and nonmotile. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans | A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic spherical or rod-shaped bacteria that associates with species of actinomyces in actinomycotic lesions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Haemophilus aegypticus | <bacteria> A species that causes acute or subacute infectious conjunctivitis in warm climates. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haemophilus aphrophilus | <bacteria> A species found in the blood and, rarely, on the heart valve as a cause of endocarditis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemophilus ducreyi | <bacteria> A species of haemophilus that appears to be the pathogen or causative agent of the sexually transmitted disease, chancroid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Haemophilus gallinarum | <bacteria> Former name for Haemophilus paragallinarum. (05 Mar 2000) |