| Ab | abortion; antibiotic; antibody |
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| ab | abortion; antibody; from [Lat.] |
| ABO | abortion; absent bed occupancy; American Board of Orthodontists; blood group system consisting of gr... |
| Abor, abor | abortion |
| D&E | diet and elimination; dilation and evacuation [partial birth abortion] |
| cattle diseases | Diseases of domestic cattle of the genus bos. It includes diseases of cows, yaks, and zebus. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| cattle plague | A viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals caused by morbillivirus. It may be acute, subacute, or chronic with the major lesions characterised by inflammation and ulceration of the entire digestive tract. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cattle plague virus | A species of morbillivirus causing cattle plague, a disease with high mortality. Sheep, goats, pigs, and other animals of the order artiodactyla can also be infected. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cattle warts | Single or multiple rough nodules on the skin and mucous membranes caused by a papillomavirus; in young cattle, which are most susceptible, they are most numerous on the head, neck, and shoulders; in cows they usually affect the udder and teats. Synonym: cattle warts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic dysentery of cattle | A disease occurring in cattle and sheep, usually manifested by thickening of the wall of the intestine, particularly of the ileum; caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. Synonym: chronic dysentery of cattle, paratuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coccidia of cattle | Eimeria zuernii, the species most often associated with clinical cases of coccidiosis in calves and young adults; found in the caecum and lower bowel, and sometimes in the small intestine. Eimeria bovis, a species that occurs principally in the small intestine causes clinically recognizable disease; many less common species have been described. Synonym: coccidia of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| winter dysentery of cattle | A specific, highly contagious and severe disease of unknown origin; the disease is seen in the cold months of the year, outbreaks generally abate after a few days; the death rate is low, but the loss in flesh and milk is often high. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wooden tongue of cattle | A disease characterised by suppurative and granulomatous lesions in the respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, skin, kidneys, joints, and other tissues. Actinobacillus lignieresii infects cattle and sheep while a. Equuli infects horses and pigs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumonia, atypical interstitial, of cattle | A cattle disease of uncertain cause, probably an allergic reaction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| X disease of cattle | bovine hyperkeratosis |
| spastic syndrome in cattle | A disease of the nervous system manifested by spastic contractions of the muscles of one or both hind legs, most common in old bulls; the cramps usually become more frequent and severe, eventually resulting in decreasing the usefulness of the animal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious papilloma of cattle | Single or multiple rough nodules on the skin and mucous membranes caused by a papillomavirus; in young cattle, which are most susceptible, they are most numerous on the head, neck, and shoulders; in cows they usually affect the udder and teats. Synonym: cattle warts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eimeria of cattle | Eimeria zuernii, the species most often associated with clinical cases of coccidiosis in calves and young adults; found in the caecum and lower bowel, and sometimes in the small intestine. Eimeria bovis, a species that occurs principally in the small intestine causes clinically recognizable disease; many less common species have been described. Synonym: coccidia of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ephemeral fever of cattle | An acute febrile disease of cattle in many African and Asian countries and Australia, caused by a rhabdovirus and characterised by stiffness and lameness. Synonym: bovine ephemeral fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abortion | 1. <obstetrics> The premature expulsion from the uterus of the products of conception of the embryo or of a nonviable foetus. The four classic symptoms, usually present in each type of abortion, are uterine contractions, uterine haemorrhage, softening and dilatation of the cervix and presentation or expulsion of all or part of the products of conception. The expulsion or removal of an embryo or foetus from the mother prematurely, this can be done as an artificial procedure, but it often happens naturally when the mother's body expels the foetus because it has died, has genetic or developmental defects, or because of infection or illness in the mother. Natural abortions are typically called miscarriages. Medically-induced abortions, which can be completed with surgery or with hormone drugs, are performed because the foetus is unwanted, deformed, not likely to live, or endangers the mother's life or health. 2. The premature stoppage of a natural or a pathological process. Origin: L. Abortio (18 Nov 1997) |