Definition of pseudorabies in English:
pseudorabies
noun ˌsjuːdəʊˈreɪbiːzˌso͞odōˈrābēz
mass nounVeterinary Medicine An infectious herpesvirus disease of the central nervous system in domestic animals that causes convulsions and intense itching and is usually fatal.
Example sentencesExamples
- One livestock disease detected in several Nebraska swineherds is pseudorabies.
- The pigs carry pseudorabies - a virus that can be deadly to other animals - so they could not be brought to the mainland.
- In December 1999, their herd tested positive for pseudorabies.
- Porcine pseudorabies virus has been detected in Swedish diabetes patients treated with porcine cells in 1997.
- He says feral pigs can harbor more than 30 diseases - including the pseudorabies virus and brucellosis bacteria - that could negatively impact the livestock industry.