| iu | infectious unit |
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| MAIN | medication-induced, autoimmune, infectious, and neoplastic [diseases associated with antiphospholipi... |
| NFID | National Foundation for Infectious Diseases |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| PIE | postinfectious encephalomyelitis preimplantation embryo; prosthetic infectious endocarditis; pulmona... |
| epizootic bovine abortion | An infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the tick Ornithodoros coriaceus and manifested as abortion or weak calves at birth; occurs in the foothills of California, Nevada, and Oregon. Synonym: foothill abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| equine infectious anaemia | <veterinary> virology> Viral disease of horses caused by the equine infectious anaemia virus (eiav; infectious anaemia virus, equine). It is characterised by intermittent fever, weakness, and anaemia. Chronic infection consists of acute episodes with remissions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| equine infectious anaemia virus | <virology> A retrovirus, of the Lentivirinae subfamily, and the cause of equine infectious anaemia. Synonym: swamp fever virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trypanosomiasis, bovine | Infection in cattle caused by various species of trypanosomes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuberculosis, bovine | An infection of cattle caused by mycobacterium bovis. It is transmissible to man and other animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feline infectious anaemia | An acute or chronic anaemia of domestic cats caused by the rickettsia Haemobartonella felis. Synonym: haemobartonellosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline infectious enteritis | A highly contagious and fatal disease of cats, particularly young cats, caused by feline panleukopenia virus, a member of the family Parvoviridae, and manifested by severe leukopenia, prostration, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. Synonym: distemper, feline agranulocytosis, feline distemper, feline infectious enteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline infectious peritonitis | Common coronavirus infection of cats caused by the feline infectious peritonitis virus (infectious peritonitis virus, feline). The disease is characterised by a long incubation period, fever, depression, loss of appetite, wasting, and progressive abdominal enlargement. Infection of cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage appears to be essential in fip pathogenesis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lentiviruses, bovine | A subgenus of lentivirus comprising viruses that produce multi-organ disease with long incubation periods in cattle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leukaemia virus, bovine | The type species of HTLV-blv viruses that causes a form of bovine lymphosarcoma (enzootic bovine leukosis) or persistent lymphocytosis. (12 Dec 1998) |