contagious abortion

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. brucellosis of domestic cattle, an infectious disease characterized by spontaneous abortion and caused by the bacterium Brucella abortus; Bang's disease.
2. any of several diseases causing spontaneous abortion of domestic animals, as vibriosis or salmonellosis.

contagious abortion

noun

1. See brucellosis
   another name for brucellosis

Word History and Origins

Origin of contagious abortion¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Very frequently it is a result of Contagious Abortion, and this should always be suspected.

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Such cases are pure accidents and are not to be considered along with contagious abortion.

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The money-making value of a herd in which the germs of contagious abortion are permitted to exist will be completely destroyed.

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The transmissibility of contagious abortion of cows appears to have been demonstrated experimentally for the first time by Brauer.

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Nocard carried out the first extensive bacteriological investigation of contagious abortion.

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