Bang's disease
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Bang's disease
1930–35; named after B.L.F. Bang (1848–1932), Danish biologist
Example Sentences
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At Eau Claire, he leaned back against a table and talked with cracker-barrel familiarity to local farmers about mastitis, Bang's disease and silage.
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He had done more than any other American to rid the country of the dread diseases that plague livestock-bovine tuberculosis, foot-& -mouth disease, cattle tick fever and Bang's disease.
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Bang's disease, named for the Danish discoverer of its germ, frequently causes abortion in livestock by attacking the foetus, blocking its food supply.
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Despite the tax and Bang's disease charges, Governor Beardsley seems to be leading Loveless.
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Now turning his attention to the dreaded scourge of Bang's disease, Dr. O'Rear explained its appearance in cycles by assuming that cattle immunize themselves for a time after an epidemic.
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