| rabbitpox | A virulent epidemic disease among laboratory rabbits caused by the rabbitpox virus, a member of the family Poxviridae; it does not apparently occur among wild rabbits. Synonym: rabbit plague. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rabbitpox virus | An orthopoxvirus that causes epidemics of pox in laboratory rabbits; immunologically, it is closely related to vaccinia virus but is more virulent in rabbits. (05 Mar 2000) |