| bovine growth hormone | <endocrinology> A hormone secreted by the bovine pituitary gland. It is used to increase milk production by improving the feed efficiency in dairy cattle. (14 Nov 1997) |
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| bovine haemoglobinuria | 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 herpes mammillitis | An ulcerative disease of the skin of the bovine teat caused by bovine herpesvirus type 2. Synonym: bovine ulcerative mammillitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine herpesvirus 1 | A virus causing infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine herpesvirus 2 | A virus causing bovine mammillitis in cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine immunodeficiency virus | A lentivirus causing lymphocytosis in cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine leukosis virus | A type C retrovirus in the subfamily Retrovirinae, commonly infecting cattle, especially dairy cows; in a small proportion of infected cattle, it will cause enzootic bovine leukosis. Synonym: bovine leukosis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine mastitis | A disease complex which occurs in acute, gangrenous, chronic, and subclinical forms of inflammation of the bovine udder, and is due to a variety of infectious agents; animal care, hygiene, and management are important factors in this dairy cow disease of great economic importance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine mitochondrial endonuclease | <enzyme> Dimer of 29kda peptide; prefers a conserved sequence in the displacement loop region of mitochondrial DNA; nicks double-stranded DNA and fragments single-stranded DNA Registry number: EC 3.1.21.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| bovine papular stomatitis | A Parapoxvirus infection of cattle causing oral lesions. Synonym: stomatitis papulosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine papular stomatitis virus | A poxvirus of the genus Parapoxvirus, reported from North America, Africa and Europe, causing bovine papular stomatitis. Synonym: papular stomatitis virus of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine petechial fever | A disease of cattle in Kenya caused by the rickettsia Ehrlichia ondiri and characterised by haemorrhage and oedema. Synonym: Ondiri disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine porphyria | Porphyria as a mendelian recessive trait in certain breeds of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy | A familiar myeloencephalopathy of brown Swiss cattle characterised by bilateral hindleg weakness and ataxia and deficient proprioceptive reflexes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine respiratory syncytial virus | A pneumovirus causing an emerging disease in young cattle characterised by pneumonia, interstitial pulmonary oedema, and emphysema; sheep are also susceptible to the virus. (05 Mar 2000) |