Actinobacillosis
an infectious disease of cattle, domestic animals, and occasionally humans, resembling actinomycosis and caused by the bacterium actin-bacillus lignieresii.
noun
(vet science) a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by infection with an actin-bacillus lignieresii and characterized by soft tissue lesions, esp of the tongue also called wooden tongue, woody tongue, cruels
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