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Rubarth's disease

American  
[roo-bahrts, -bahrths] / ˈru bɑrts, -bɑrθs /

noun

  1. a common, rapidly progressing viral hepatitis of dogs and other carnivores, often confused with canine distemper.

Etymology

Origin of Rubarth's disease

Named after Carl Sven Rubarth (1905–96), Swedish veterinarian, who described it in 1947

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