blacklegorblack quarter,acute infectious disease of cattle, less often of sheep, caused by an organism of the genusClostridium.It is characterized by inflammation of muscles with swelling and pain in the affected areas. Toxins formed by the organism produce severe muscle damage, and mortality is ...
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1.An infectious, usually fatal bacterial disease of cattle and sometimes of sheep, goats, and swine, caused byClostridium chauvoeiand characterized by gas-containing swellings in the musculature. 2.A bacterial or fungal disease of certain plants, such as the cabbage and potato, that causes the...
word,melas, however, tended to reflect the notion of "shrouded in darkness, overcast." In English it has been the color of sin and sorrow at least since c. 1300; the sense of "with dark purposes, malignant" emerged 1580s (inblack art"necromancy;" it is also the sense inblack magic)...
Evidence is presented that spores of Leptosphaeria maculans do not survive passage through the digestive system of sheep and that the practice of grazing them on rapeseed stubble will not affect the spread of blackleg.Related ReferencesBarbetti, M.J. 1982: Fungicidal control of blackleg infection,...
Blackleg definition: an infectious, often fatal disease of cattle and sheep, caused by the soil bacterium Clostridium chauvoei and characterized by painful, gaseous swellings in the muscles, usually of the upper parts of the legs.. See examples of BLACKL
Black leg of cabbage, caused by parasitic fungi, mostly infects cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, and radish seedlings. Diseased plants lose turgor, turn yellow, and droop. The disease is ubiquitous. Control measures include replacement and disinfection of soil in garden frames, treatment of seeds, ...
Black disease, the cardiac form of blackleg and clostridial enterotoxaemia confirmed in cattle Diagnoses of Johne's disease in cattle and sheep, 1993 to 2008 Parasitic pneumonia in cattle Fourteen outbreaks of systemic pasteurellosis,... None - 《Veterinary Record》 被引量: 1发表: 2010年 Invest...
death. True blackleg is common only in cattle, but infection induced by trauma occurs occasionally in other animals (such as sheep). False blackleg can be caused by two other Clostridial bacteria (Cl. Septicum and Cl. Novyi) but these are classified as a different disease, called malignant ...
Sheep diseasesThere is no consensus on the pathogenesis of blackleg infection that occurs in ruminants, but toxins and neuraminidase produced by Clostridium chauvoei are believed to play a significant role in the pathogenesis of the disease. This paper provides an update on the role of toxins and...