| BAP | bacterial alkaline phosphatase; Behavior Activity Profile; beta-amyloid peptide; blood-agar plate; b... |
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| BAPS | biomechanical ankle platform system; bovine albumin phosphate saline; British Association of Paediat... |
| BAPV | bovine alimentary papilloma virus |
| BCPV | bovine cutaneous papilloma virus |
| BCtg | bovine chymotrypsinogen |
| sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis | A disease of cattle caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci and characterised by fever, depression, excessive salivation, diarrhoea, anorexia, and incoordination. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sporadic bovine leukosis | A rare disease of cattle less than 3 years of age, of unknown cause, characterised by the development of lymphosarcoma; three clinicopathological forms are recognised: calf or juvenile form, thymic form, and cutaneous form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diarrhoea virus, bovine viral | The type species of the pestivirus genus causing diarrhoea, fever, oral ulcerations, and various necrotic lesions among cattle and other domestic animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| immunodeficiency virus, bovine | A species of lentivirus, subgenus bovine lentiviruses (lentiviruses, bovine), found in cattle and causing lymphadenopathy, lymphocytosis, central nervous system lesions, progressive weakness, and emaciation. It has immunological cross-reactivity with other lentiviruses including HIV. (12 Dec 1998) |
| infectious bovine keratitis | A highly contagious keratoconjunctivitis that occurs in range or pastured cattle during the summer months, is transmitted most commonly by contact with infectious discharges, and is caused by Moraxella bovis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis | A disease of cattle caused by the bacterium Moraxella bovis and characterised by blepharospasm, conjunctivitis, lacrimation, and corneal opacity and ulceration. Synonym: infectious ophthalmia, pinkeye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious bovine rhinotracheitis | A herpes virus infection of cattle characterised by inflammation and necrosis of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract. (12 Dec 1998) |
| infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus | A herpesvirus causing infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. Synonym: IBR virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |