hemorrhagic septicemia

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. an acute infectious disease of animals, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida, and characterized by fever, catarrhal symptoms, pneumonia, and general blood infection.

Example Sentences

Scientists had first blamed the Zimbabwe deaths on hemorrhagic septicemia, a disease caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida.

From Science News

There is an infectious disease of geese which sometimes causes trouble known as goose septicemia or hemorrhagic septicemia.

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