contagious bovine pyelonephritis
- contagious bovine pyelonephritis
- an inflammatory condition of cattle due to infection of the kidneys and urinary tract with Corynebacterium renale; characteristics include painful, swollen kidneys and thickened, inflamed walls throughout the urinary tract, with hematuria and pyuria. Other domestic animals occasionally suffer from a similar condition.
Medical dictionary.
2011.
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