Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
malignant catarrhal fever Function:
noun : an acute infectious often fatal disease of cattle, some other bovines, and deer that is caused by herpesviruses(subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae) and is characterized by fever, depression, enlarged lymph nodes, discharge from the eyes and nose, and lesions affecting most organ systems called also
catarrhalfever, malignant catarrh
