animal disease

/ˌænəməl dəˌziz/

Other forms: animal diseases

Definitions of animal disease

1. noun

   a disease that typically does not affect human beings
   types:

   warble

   a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly

   anaplasmosis

   a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar to Texas fever

   aspergillosis, brooder pneumonia

   severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys

   bighead

   any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck

   BSE, bovine spongiform encephalitis, mad cow disease

   a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation

   bull nose

   a disease of pigs resulting in swelling of the snout

   camelpox

   a viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox

   canine chorea, chorea

   chorea in dogs

   catarrhal fever

   any of several disease of livestock marked by fever and edema of the respiratory tract

   chronic wasting disease

   a wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk

   costiasis

   a fatal disease of freshwater fish caused by a flagellated protozoan invading the skin

   cowpox, vaccinia

   a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

   creeps

   a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait

   hemorrhagic septicemia, pasteurellosis

   an acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection

   fistula, fistulous withers

   a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse

   fowl cholera

   an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia

   fowl pest

   either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb

   hog cholera

   highly infectious virus disease of swine

   distemper

   any of various infectious viral diseases of animals

   enterotoxemia

   a disease of cattle and sheep that is attributed to toxins absorbed from the intestines

   foot-and-mouth disease, hoof-and-mouth disease

   acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs

   foot rot

   contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)

   black disease, distomatosis, liver rot, sheep rot

   a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products

   broken wind, heaves

   a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks

   red water

   a disease of cattle; characterized by hematuria

   rhinotracheitis

   a respiratory infection of the nose and throat in cattle

   cattle plague, rinderpest

   an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes

   scours

   diarrhea in livestock

   scrapie

   a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system

   shipping fever, shipping pneumonia

   a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market)

   spavin

   a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness

   loco disease, locoism

   a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis

   looping ill

   an acute viral disease of the nervous system in sheep; can be transmitted by Ixodes ricinus

   mange

   a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people)

   moon blindness, mooneye

   recurrent eye inflammation in horses; sometimes resulting in blindness

   murrain

   any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague

   myxomatosis

   a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits

   Newcastle disease

   disease of domestic fowl and other birds

   pip

   a disease of poultry

   parrot disease, psittacosis

   infectious disease of birds

   bacillary white diarrhea, bacillary white diarrhoea, pullorum disease

   a serious bacterial disease of young chickens

   gall, saddle sore

   an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle

   sand crack

   a fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof often causing lameness

   blind staggers, staggers

   a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling

   sweating sickness

   a disease of cattle (especially calves)

   Texas fever

   an infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tick

   milk sickness, trembles

   disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot

   zoonosis, zoonotic disease

   an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans

   actinomycosis

   disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses

   anthrax, splenic fever

   a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people

   Bang's disease, brucellosis, contagious abortion

   an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings

   bluetongue

   a viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by biting midges

   canine distemper

   a viral disease of young dogs characterized by high fever and respiratory inflammation

   equine distemper, strangles

   an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes

   glanders

   a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans

   Lyme arthritis, Lyme disease

   an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick

   hydrophobia, lyssa, madness, rabies

   an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

   blood spavin

   spavin caused by distension of the veins

   bog spavin

   spavin caused by collection of fluids

   bone spavin

   spavin caused by a bony growth

   leptospirosis, swamp fever

   an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever

   toe crack

   a crack on the forepart of a horse's hindfoot

   quarter crack

   a crack on the inside of a horse's forefoot

   deer fly fever, rabbit fever, tularaemia, tularemia, yatobyo

   a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals

   type of:

   disease

   an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning