| BLV | blood volume; bovine leukemia virus |
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| BPPV | benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; bovine paragenital papilloma virus |
| BPV | benign paroxysmal vertigo; benign positional vertigo; bioprosthetic valve; bovine papilloma virus |
| BVV | bovine vaginitis virus |
| ECBO | enteric cytopathogenic bovine orphan [virus] |
| bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase | <enzyme> Amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: bav-3 proteinase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| bovine adenovirus type 7 proteinase | <enzyme> Amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: bav-7 proteinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| bovine antitoxin | Antitoxin prepared from cattle instead of horses, used in the treatment of persons who are sensitive to horse serum; the cattle are immunised against the toxin for which specific antitoxin is desired. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine babesiosis | 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 borreliosis | A disease of cattle caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and characterised by laminitis, arthritis, and synovitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine brucellosis | A disease in cattle caused by Brucella abortus; in pregnant cows, characterised by abortion late in pregnancy, followed by retained placenta and metritis; in bulls, orchitis and epididymitis may occur; the organism may localise in the udder and thus appear in milk from infected cows. Synonym: Bang's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine cancer eye | A malignant squamous cell carcinoma of cattle, especially the Hereford breed, that originates in the conjunctival mucous membranes or the surrounding skin; it occurs principally in range cattle having unpigmented skin around the eye and living in regions of intense sunlight. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine colloid | <protein> Protein present in serum that causes agglutination of antibody antigen complement complexes, binds C3b. (18 Nov 1997) |
| bovine congenital ataxia | An autosomal recessive ataxia seen in several European breeds of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bovine ephemeral fever | 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |