| PNE | peripheral neuroepithelioma; plasma norepinephrine; pneumoencephalography; pseudomembranous necrotiz... |
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| AB | abdominal; abnormal; abortion; Ace bandage; active bilaterally; aid to the blind; alcian blue; alert... |
| AIB | aminoisobutyrate; avian infectious bronchitis |
| BR | barrier reared [experimental animals]; baseline recovery; bathroom; bed rest; bedside rounds; biliru... |
| Br | breech; bregma; bridge; bromine; bronchitis; brown; Brucella; brucellosis |
| plastic bronchitis | Inflammation of the bronchial mucous membrane, accompanied by a fibrinous exudation, which often forms a cast of the bronchial tree with severe obstruction of air flow. Synonym: plastic bronchitis, pseudomembranous bronchitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| croupous bronchitis | An obsolete term for fibrinous bronchitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic bronchitis | Chronic bronchitis due to infection with spirochetes (though other bacteria are usually present and contribute to the infection) and characterised by cough and bloody sputum. Synonym: bronchopulmonary spirochetosis, bronchospirochetosis, Castellani's bronchitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| putrid bronchitis | Bronchitis accompanied by an expectoration of foul-smelling sputum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quail bronchitis virus | A virus, similiar to an adenovirus, closely related antigenically to CELO virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious avian bronchitis | A specific infectious disease of young birds, caused by infectious bronchitis virus, a member of Coronaviridae, and associated with blocking of respiratory passages by exudate; it is highly transmissible, and often causes heavy losses of young chicks and heavy production losses among older laying birds. Synonym: gasping disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious bronchitis virus | An RNA virus of the family Coronaviridae and the type species of the genus Coronavirus, causing infectious avian bronchitis, being most pathogenic in chicks up to about 4 weeks of age; not to be confused with avian infectious laryngotracheitis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious bronchitis virus, avian | A species of coronavirus causing infections in chickens and possibly pheasants. Chicks up to 4 weeks old are the most severely affected. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibrinous bronchitis | Inflammation of the bronchial mucous membrane, accompanied by a fibrinous exudation, which often forms a cast of the bronchial tree with severe obstruction of air flow. Synonym: plastic bronchitis, pseudomembranous bronchitis. (05 Mar 2000) |