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11infectious keratoconjunctivitis — infectious keratitis with conjunctivitis in cattle, sheep, or goats, characterized by blepharospasm and sometimes corneal or conjunctival opacity. See also infectious bovine k., infectious caprine k., and infectious ovine k. Called also… …
12Infectious Records — is a record label whose bands include Ash, Symposium, My Vitriol, Seafood, and The Subways. Infectious was established by Korda Marshall after leaving RCA, and became part of Marshall s Mushroom Records UK (now A E Records) operation in the mid… …
13Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis — Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, or IBK, is a veterinary infection of cattle caused by Moraxella bovis, a gram negative, β haemolytic, aerobic, rod shaped bacterium. It is spread by direct contact or by the common fly serving as a vector.… …
14infectious anemia — n 1) EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA 2) FELINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA …
15infectious coryza — n an acute infectious respiratory disease of chickens that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Haemophilus (H. paragallinarum syn. H. gallinarum) and is characterized by catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nasal passages and… …
16infectious eczematoid dermatitis — infectious eczematous dermatitis a skin condition in which a primary lesion such as a boil, surgical wound, or draining ear or nose is the source of an infectious exudate that spreads by autoinoculation, tending to form circumscribed eczematous… …
17infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis — infectious keratoconjunctivitis in cattle, usually caused by Moraxella (Moraxella) bovis, bovine herpesvirus 1, or Mycoplasma species. Called also infectious bovine keratitis …
18infectious rhinotracheitis — infectious bovine rhinotracheitis an acute, infectious, febrile disease of cattle, caused by bovine herpesvirus 1 and marked by inflammation and ulceration of the upper respiratory tract, which may be followed by pneumonia, coughing, profuse… …
19infectious — [adj] catching, spreading communicable, contagious, contaminating, corrupting, defiling, diseased, epidemic, infective, mephitic, miasmic, noxious, pestilent, pestilential, poisoning, polluting, toxic, transferable, transmittable, virulent,… …
20infectious — [in fek′shəs] adj. 1. likely to cause infection; containing disease producing organisms or matter 2. designating a disease that can be communicated by INFECTION (sense 2) 3. tending to spread or to affect others; catching [an infectious laugh] 4 …
