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Abstract
Infectious diseases of cattle, sheep, and goats, characterized by blepharospasm, lacrimation, conjunctivitis, and varying degrees of corneal opacity and ulceration. In cattle the causative agent is MORAXELLA (MORAXELLA) BOVIS; in sheep, MYCOPLASMA; RICKETTSIA; CHLAMYDIA; or ACHOLEPLASMA; in goats, RICKETTSIA.
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3 entry terms
- Keratoconjunctivitis, Infectious
- Infectious Keratoconjunctivitides
- Keratoconjunctivitides, Infectious
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33 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
animal only; check tag ANIMALS; coord IM with organism/infect heading /vet (IM)
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Previous Indexing
- Bacterial Infections (1972-1985)
- Cattle Diseases (1966-1985)
- Keratoconjunctivitis (1966-1985)
- Moraxella (1966-1985)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007639. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007639
- Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8627