| 释义 |
hexamitiasis Med.|hɛksəmɪˈtaɪəsɪs|
[f. the generic name Hexamita: see -iasis.]
A disease caused by protozoa of the genus Hexamita; esp. an infectious catarrhal enteritis in turkeys often fatal to poults and caused by H. meleagridis.
1941Jrnl. Parasitol. XXVII. 186 One essential difference in the pathology of hexamitiasis of pigeons [from that of turkeys] is the consistent catarrhal inflammation with a heavy mucous deposit in the rectum of young pigeons. 1966T. Dalling Internat. Encycl. Vet. Med. III. 1432 In Great Britain, hexamitiasis appears to have been confined to a number of localized outbreaks and..the disease at present is not of great economic importance. |