caseous lymphadenitis

caseous lymphadenitis
caseous lymphadenitis n a chronic infectious disease of sheep and goats characterized by caseation of the lymph glands and occas. of parts of the lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium (C. pseudotuberculosis) called also pseudotuberculosis

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a chronic disease of sheep and goats caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, characterized by the formation in various lymph nodes of abscesses containing caseous material, sometimes associated with chronic pneumonia and pleurisy. Called also pseudotuberculosis.

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