pearl disease

pearl disease
pearl disease n tuberculosis of serous membranes (as the pleura or peritoneum) that is characterized by small rounded grayish elevated lesions and occurs chiefly in cattle called also pearly disease

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bovine tuberculosis of the peritoneum and mesentery in which the tubercles are calcified and pearllike.

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