brucelloses

Noun

brucellosis (countable and uncountable, plural brucelloses)

1. Infection by a bacterium of the genus Brucella, which is carried by ruminants and other mammals, with symptoms including recurring fevers, sweating, weakness, anorexia, headaches, depression, and generalized aches and pains.
   • There is debate asto whether rangiferine brucellosis spread to North America across the Bering Sea land bridge duringthelast iceage,orifit was introduced in imported Russian reindeer around 1900.2006, Robert S. Youngquist, Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology

   Synonyms:

   abortus fever, undulant fever, Bang's disease, Crimean fever, Cyprus fever, Gibraltar fever, goat fever, Italian fever, Malta fever, Neapolitan fever