infectious+disease
111infectious haematopoietic necrosis — an acute Rhabdovirus group viral disease of salmonids transmitted from fish to fish and by eggs in western North America, e.g. in chinook and sockeye salmon and rainbow trout. The disease destroys the haemotopoietic tissues in the kidney and… …
112infectious pancreatic necrosis — a viral disease (Birnaviridae) particularly of juvenile salmonids, ususally in hatchery fish less than 5 cm long. Whirling, darkening, protruding eyes, abdominal distention and haemorrhages of the belly and fin bases, and mucoid faecal casts are… …
113infectious salmon anaemia — a viral disease of salmonids such as Atlantic salmon, sea run brown trout and rainbow trout. The anaemia leaves fish open to other diseases and the kidneys may haemorrhage and the spleen swell. The disease is transmitted from fish to fish and… …
114infectious porcine encephalomyelitis — a type of encephalomyelitis of swine, seen primarily in Europe and caused by a picornavirus. It varies widely in severity; the severe form consists of a flaccid ascending paralysis similar to the paralysis of human poliomyelitis. Called also… …
115infectious avian serositis — a septicemic disease of ducklings and geese, characterized by fibrinous peritonitis, pericarditis, and airsacculitis, and caused by Riemerell anatipestifer. Called also new duck disease in ducklings and goose influenza in geese …
116infectious sinusitis of turkeys — a common, sometimes highly fatal respiratory disease of turkeys and game birds, caused by pleuropneumonialike organisms (q.v.) and marked by swelling below the eyes and sneezing; called also airsac disease …
117pullorum disease — infectious disease in poultry that is caused by the Salmonella bacterium and is often fatal …
118infectious — adj. 1 infecting with disease. 2 (of a disease) liable to be transmitted by air, water, etc. 3 (of emotions etc.) apt to spread; quickly affecting others. Derivatives: infectiously adv. infectiousness n …
119infectious canine hepatitis. — See Rubarth s disease. * * * …
120infectious laryngotracheitis — /leuh ring goh tray kee uy tis, ring /, Vet. Pathol. a viral disease of adult chickens, characterized by inflammation and hemorrhage of the larynx and trachea and, in many cases, resulting in asphyxiation. [LARYNGO + TRACHEITIS] * * * …
