| FH | facial hemihyperplasia; familial hypercholesterolemia; family history; fasting hyperbilirubinemia; f... |
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| FHS | fetal heart sound; fetal hydantoin syndrome; Floating Harbor syndrome |
| FHT | fast Hartley transform; fetal heart; fetal heart tone |
| PROM | passive range of motion; premature rupture of fetal membranes; prolonged rupture of fetal membranes;... |
| FCS | faciocutaneoskeletal syndrome; fecal containment system; feedback control system; fetal calf serum; ... |
| infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus | A herpesvirus causing infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. Synonym: IBR virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| encephalopathy, bovine spongiform | Scrapie-like neurological disorder of cattle. The infection appears to be caused by the consumption of scrapie-infected ruminant-derived protein (prions). (12 Dec 1998) |
| enteric cytopathogenic bovine orphan virus | Former name for early isolates of bovine enteroviruses. Synonym: enteric cytopathogenic bovine orphan virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enzootic bovine leukosis | A lymphoid neoplastic disease in cattle caused by the bovine leukaemia virus. Enzootic bovine leukosis may take the form of lymphosarcoma, malignant lymphoma, or leukaemia but the presence of malignant cells in the blood is not a consistent finding. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ephemeral fever virus, bovine | The type species of ephemerovirus causing disease in cattle. Transmission is by haematophagous arthropods and the virus has been isolated from both culicoides and mosquitoes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| epizootic bovine abortion | An infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the tick Ornithodoros coriaceus and manifested as abortion or weak calves at birth; occurs in the foothills of California, Nevada, and Oregon. Synonym: foothill abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trypanosomiasis, bovine | Infection in cattle caused by various species of trypanosomes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuberculosis, bovine | An infection of cattle caused by mycobacterium bovis. It is transmissible to man and other animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lentiviruses, bovine | A subgenus of lentivirus comprising viruses that produce multi-organ disease with long incubation periods in cattle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leukaemia virus, bovine | The type species of HTLV-blv viruses that causes a form of bovine lymphosarcoma (enzootic bovine leukosis) or persistent lymphocytosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acidified serum test | Lysis of the patient's red cells in acidified fresh serum, specific for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. Synonym: Ham's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anticomplementary serum | Serum that destroys or inactivates complement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antiepithelial serum | An antiserum (cytotoxin) for epithelial cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anti-kidney serum nephritis | Experimental glomerulonephritis produced by injection of antiserum to kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antilymphocyte serum | Immunoglobulins raised xenogeneically against lymphocyte populations. Referring particularly to antisera recognising one or more antigenic determinants on T-cell populations. Of use in experimental immunosuppression. (18 Nov 1997) |