contagious abortion
Americannoun
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brucellosis of domestic cattle, an infectious disease characterized by spontaneous abortion and caused by the bacterium Brucella abortus; Bang's disease.
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any of several diseases causing spontaneous abortion of domestic animals, as vibriosis or salmonellosis.
noun
Etymology
Origin of contagious abortion
First recorded in 1905–10
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Steel dreaded the union shop as a dairyman dreads contagious abortion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brucellae infect cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, cause a disease known as contagious abortion.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1897 Bernhard L. F. Bang, a Danish veterinarian, discovered the germ which caused contagious abortion in cattle.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1902, Preisz at Budapest isolated the same bacillus from two cases of contagious abortion in cows.
From Contagious Abortion of Cows by MacNeal, Ward J.
This, however, is less necessary in the mare than in the cow, in which the prevalent contagious abortion must be counteracted by the persistent local use of antiseptics.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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