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infectious laryngotracheitises

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infec⋅tious la⋅ryn⋅go⋅tra⋅che⋅i⋅tis

  [luh-ring-goh-trey-kee-ahy-tis, -ring-]
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–noun Veterinary Pathology.
a viral disease of adult chickens, characterized by inflammation and hemorrhage of the larynx and trachea and, in many cases, resulting in asphyxiation.
Origin:
laryngo- + tracheitis
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Main Entry: infectious laryngotracheitis
Function: noun
: a severe highly contagious and often fatal disease of chickens and pheasants that affects chiefly adult birds,is caused by a herpesvirus (subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae), and is characterized by inflammation of the trachea and larynx often marked by local necrosis and hemorrhage and by the formation ofpurulent or cheesy exudate interfering with breathing
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