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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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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Many Iowa livestock farmers, who rank the spreading of Bang's disease only slightly below murder, were not convinced by the explanation.
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Despite the tax and Bang's disease charges, Governor Beardsley seems to be leading Loveless.
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No one could point to any organized sabotage, though the unfounded rumor that the herd had the dreaded Bang's disease looked suspiciously like a dirty Republican trick.
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Department of Agriculture announced last week that North Carolina is the first State to conquer dread Bang's disease, contagious abortion of cows, which has cost U.S. cattle and dairy industries some $50,000,000 a year in aborted calves and milk losses.
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