Bang's disease

American  

[bangz] / bæŋz /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. an infectious disease of cattle caused by a bacterium, Brucella abortus, that infects the genital organs and frequently causes spontaneous abortions.

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Etymology

Origin of Bang's disease

1930–35; named after B.L.F. Bang (1848–1932), Danish biologist

Example Sentences

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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Despite the tax and Bang's disease charges, Governor Beardsley seems to be leading Loveless.

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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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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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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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