| 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) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| amoebic dysentery | <gastroenterology> Diarrhoea which results for ulcerative inflammation of the colon. This condition is caused by infection with Entamoeba histolytica, a similar appearance grossly to that of ulcerative colitis. See: amoebiasis. (05 Feb 1998) |
| bacillary dysentery | Infection with Shigella dysenteriae, S. Flexneri, or other organisms. Synonym: Japanese dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| balantidial dysentery | A type of colitis resembling in many respects amoebic dysentery; caused by the parasitic ciliate, Balantidium coli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bilharzial dysentery | Dysentery due to infection with Schistosoma mansoni, S. Haematobium, or S. Japonicum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant dysentery | Dysentery in which the symptoms are intensely acute, leading to prostration, collapse, and often death. Synonym: fulminating dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |