equine infectious anemia

equine infectious anemia
equine infectious anemia n a serious sometimes fatal disease of horses that is caused by a retrovirus of the genus Lentivirus (species Equine infectious anemia virus) and is marked by intermittent fever, depression, weakness, edema, and anemia called also swamp fever

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a disease of equines caused by a lentivirus and spread through the blood by inoculation, especially by blood-sucking insects; characteristics include abrupt fevers and recurring attacks of malaise. Called also infectious a. of horses and swamp fever.

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