| skin diseases, infectious | Skin diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites, or viruses. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| spot test for infectious mononucleosis | A slide test widely used for the diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis, based on the principle that the heterophil antibodies that occur in the serum of patients with infectious mononucleosis are absorbed by beef red cells but not by guinea pig kidney cells; thus, when horse red cells (which provoke heterophil antibodies) are mixed with patient serum and agglutination occurs in the presence of beef red cells, the presumptive diagnosis is infectious mononucleosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotic infectious conjunctivitis | A unilateral, suppurative, necrotic inflammation of the conjunctiva characterised by scattered, elevated white spots in the fornices and palpebral conjunctiva, and ipsilateral swelling of preauricular, parotid, and submaxillary lymph glands. Synonym: Pascheff's conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immunization, infectious hepatitis | See Immunization, hepatitis a. (12 Dec 1998) |
| infectious | 1. Capable of being transmitted by infection, with or without actual contact. Synonym: infective. 3. Denoting a disease due to the action of a microorganism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious anaemia | Anaemia developing as a complication of infection; probably results from depressed formation and short survival of erythrocytes and abnormal iron metabolism. (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 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 bulbar paralysis | A highly contagious herpes virus infection affecting the central nervous system of swine, cattle, dogs, cats, rats, and other animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| infectious bursal disease | A highly contagious acute disease of chickens caused by the infectious bursal disease virus and characterised by whitish diarrhoea, dehydration, prostration, and destruction of the bursa of Fabricius, compromising the bird's immune system. Synonym: Gumboro disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious canine hepatitis | A disease of dogs, caused by canine adenovirus 1, and characterised by fever, depression, loss of appetite, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, petechial haemorrhages in the gums, pale mucous membranes, and jaundice. Synonym: hepatitis contagiosa canis, Rubarth's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infectious conjunctivitis | <ophthalmology> Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye that results from infection with a virus. Adenovirus is a common cause of viral conjunctivitis. Occasionally referred to as pink eye. (13 Nov 1997) |
| infectious coryza | An acute respiratory disease of chickens caused by the bacterium Haemophilus paragallinarum and characterised by nasal discharge, sneezing, and swelling of the face under the eyes; also occurs in pheasants, guinea fowl, and turkeys. (05 Mar 2000) |