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CONTAGIOUS ABORTION [1 record]

Record 1 2002-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
OBS

Bovine brucellosis, caused by Brucella abortus, is characterized by abortion in late pregnancy and subsequent infertility (Source: Blove 1988, page 133).

OBS

contagious abortion; Bang's disease of cattle, infectious abortion; epizootic abortion: terms taken from "A Dictionary of Agricultural and Allied Terminology, 1962."

Key term(s)
  • Brucella abortus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
DEF

Maladie bactérienne des bovins caractérisé par l'avortement en fin de gestation [causée par Brucella abortus].

Key term(s)
  • Brucella abortus

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
DEF

Enfermedad infecciosa [...] producida por microorganismos del género Brucella. (Encicl. SALVAT, 1975, t. 5, p. 269).

OBS

Enfermedad de la brucelosis que descubrió el patólogo y bacteriólogo danés, Bernard Laurits Frederik Bang en 1897.

Key term(s)
  • aborto de Bang
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