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pasteurellosis

pasteurellosis

9.9
An illness that mainly affects animals and sometimes people, causing lung or blood infection from Pasteurella bacteria
  • noun
  • /ˌpæstəˈrɛloʊsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pasteurelosis
  • The veterinarian diagnosed the dog with pasteurellosis, which led to severe pneumonia.

Examples

  • Farm animals are often vaccinated to prevent pasteurellosis, an infectious disease caused by bacteria.

  • After the outbreak of pasteurellosis in the herd, many sheep showed symptoms of blood infection.

  • Vaccination against classical swine fever was the most common, followed by erysipela, pasteurellosis, and Aujeszky's disease.

    Academic text (2018)

Surface Forms

pasteurellosis singular
pasteurelloses plural

Morphology

pasteurellosis = Pasteurella (semi-transparent) = pasteurella + osis

Formed regularly as a disease name from the bacterium name + -osis, but understanding requires specialized knowledge of the genus Pasteurella.

Etymology

Pasteurellosis comes from the name Pasteur, the scientist Louis Pasteur, plus the ending -osis meaning 'disease'. You can also see Pasteur's name in the word pasteurize, so pasteurellosis means the 'disease' caused by the Pasteurella bacteria.