piroplasmosisn.
/ˌpʌɪrəʊplazˈməʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌpaɪrəplæzˈmoʊsəs/ Veterinary Medicine and Medicine.
= babesiosis n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > bacterial disorders
rot?1523
white scour1742
lamsiekte1790
puckeridgea1793
puck1834
Texas fever1867
cattle-fever1893
piroplasmosis1901
abortus fever1925
brucellosis1930
1901 Vet. Jrnl. 4 49 (heading) Canine piroplasmosis.
1948 U. F. Richardson Vet. Protozool. iv. 81 As a rule piroplasmoses occur as enzootic diseases in which young animals contract symptomless infections and recover.
1974 Nature 13 Dec. 532/2 Vaccination against cattle lungworm, canine hookworm and certain kinds of piroplasmosis has been achieved but the vaccines used..are unacceptable in the field of human medicine.
1999 Show Jumping July 17/2 Controversy arises even before the Olympic Games opens in Atlanta—with the US State refusing entry to horses who test positive to piroplasmosis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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