lung plague

lung plague

also called  Contagious Pleuropneumonia,  

      an acute bacterial disease producing pneumonia and inflammation of lung membranes in cattle, buffalo, sheep, and goats. It is caused by Mycoplasma mycoides. See also mycoplasma.

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