| foot rot | <veterinary> A disease of the feet of cattle and sheep, marked by decay of the hoof and an offensive discharge. It is caused by fusobacterium necrophorum in cattle and bacteroides nodosus in sheep. It is common in wet pastures. (12 Sep 2002) |
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| Barcoo rot | Synonym: desert sore. Origin: Barcoo, a river in S. Australia (05 Mar 2000) |
| rot | 1. To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay. "Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot." (Pope) 2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt. "Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons." (Macaulay) "Rot, poor bachelor, in your club." (Thackeray) Synonym: To putrefy, corrupt, decay, spoil. Origin: OE. Rotien, AS. Rotian; akin to D. Rotten, Prov. G. Rotten, OHG. Rozzn, G. Rosten to steep flax, Icel. Rotna to rot, Sw. Ruttna, Dan. Raadne, Icel. Rottin rotten. Cf. Ret, Rotten. 1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. 2. <botany> A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc, below. 3. [Cf. G. Rotz glanders] A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke. "His cattle must of rot and murrain die. <botany>" (Milton) Bitter rot, a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniothyrium diplodiella. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pizzle rot | ulcerative posthitis |
| pod rot | <plant biology> A fungal disease (caused by Monilia roreri) which infects cacao plants, causing lesions on the seed pods. (09 Oct 1997) |
| sheath rot | ulcerative posthitis |
| bovine | Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a cow or bull. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bovine acetonaemia | bovine ketosis |
| bovine achondroplasia | A calf with a short muzzle and brachycephalic skull, usually resulting from chondrodystrophy; associated with this condition are shortened limbs and anomalies of the vertebral centra; it often results in respiratory and feeding difficulties, and is sometimes fatal. Synonym: bovine achondroplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase | <enzyme> Amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: bav-3 proteinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase | <enzyme> Amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: bav-7 proteinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| bovine antitoxin | Antitoxin prepared from cattle instead of horses, used in the treatment of persons who are sensitive to horse serum; the cattle are immunised against the toxin for which specific antitoxin is desired. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine babesiosis | An infectious disease of cattle caused by Babesia species and transmitted by ticks. Synonym: bovine haemoglobinuria, redwater fever, Texas fever, tick fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine borreliosis | A disease of cattle caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and characterised by laminitis, arthritis, and synovitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine brucellosis | A disease in cattle caused by Brucella abortus; in pregnant cows, characterised by abortion late in pregnancy, followed by retained placenta and metritis; in bulls, orchitis and epididymitis may occur; the organism may localise in the udder and thus appear in milk from infected cows. Synonym: Bang's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |