pleuropneumonia
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The horse developed pleuropneumonia - a bacterial respiratory infection - after the race.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
It has been confounded with the later stages of pleuropneumonia, with parasitic diseases of the brain, the lungs, the intestines, and with actinomycosis.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
The history of the contagious pleuropneumonia of cattle can not be traced with any certainty to a period earlier than the beginning of the eighteenth century.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
It seems quite plain that as early as 1713 and 1714 pleuropneumonia existed in Swabia and several Cantons of Switzerland.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
This variation of color is regarded by some as the real marbling characteristic of pleuropneumonia, while the whitish bands penetrating the lung tissue in all directions constitute the true marbling according to other observers.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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