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Concept information

Preferred term

bovine viral diarrhea

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Acute disease of cattle caused by the bovine viral diarrhea viruses. Often mouth ulcerations are the only sign but fever, diarrhea, drop in milk yield, and loss of appetite are also seen. Severity of clinical disease varies and is strain dependent. Outbreaks are characterized by low morbidity and high mortality.

Synonyms

  • bovine mucosal disease
  • bovine viral diarrhea-mucosal disease
  • bovine viral diarrhoea
  • bovine viral diarrhoea-mucosal disease
  • bovine virus diarrhea
  • bovine virus diarrhea-mucosal disease
  • bovine virus diarrhoea
  • bovine virus diarrhoea-mucosal disease
  • BVD (cattle disease)

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/18975

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