a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by infection with an Actinobacillus lignieresii and characterized by soft tissue lesions, esp of the tongue
Also called: wooden tongue, woody tongue, cruels
Examples of 'actinobacillosis' in a sentence
actinobacillosis
Histopathologically, typical pyogranulomas of actinobacillosis contained radiating eosinophilic clubs surrounded by many neutrophils were diagnosed.
Atyabi, N.,, Khodakaram Tafti, A., Taghipour Bazargani, T., Faghanizadeh, Gh. 2010, 'An Unusual Occurrence of Actinobacillosis in Heifers and Cows in A Dairy Herd in Tehransuburb-Iran', Archives of Razi Institutehttp://www.archrazi.com/browse.php?a_id=172&sid=1&slc_lang=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Lesions other than 'wooden tongue' are usually uncommon; however, actinobacillosis should be included as a differential diagnosis for cutaneous diseases.
Carlos A. Margineda, Ernesto Odriozola, Ana Rita Moreira, Germán Cantón, Juan FranciscoMicheloud, Pedro Gardey, Maximiliano Spetter, Carlos M. Campero 2013, 'Atypical actinobacillosis in bulls in Argentina: granulomatous dermatitis and lymphadenitis',Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2013000100001&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This report emphasizes that actinobacillosis can appear as a small outbreak in cattle with cutaneous and respiratory signs.
Anne Relun, Nora Cesbron, Patrick Bourdeau, Laëtitia Dorso, Thomas Brement, SébastienAssié, Henrik Christensen, Raphaël Guatteo 2019, 'Atypical actinobacillosis affecting hind limbs and lungs in a single beef cattle herd',Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15387. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)