calf diphtheria

calf diphtheria
calf diphtheria n an infectious disease of the mouth and pharynx of calves and young cattle associated with the presence of large numbers of a bacterium of the genus Fusobacterium (F. necrophorum) and commonly passing into pneumonia or generalized septicemia if untreated

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a contagious disease of young calves caused by infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum; symptoms include gray patches in the mouth or throat, foul-smelling breath, fever, cough, and dyspnea, often ending fatally. In the throat it is called also necrotic laryngitis, and in the mouth it is called also necrotic stomatitis.

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