- contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
- pleuropneumonia in cattle, characterized by septicemia, fever, dyspnea, sequestra of infection within the lungs, abnormal lung sounds, and often death.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
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