Medical Dictionary

fistulous withers

noun pl but usually singular in constr

Medical Definition of FISTULOUS WITHERS

:  a deep-seated chronic inflammation of the withers of the horse that discharges seropurulent or bloody fluid through one or more openings and is probably associated with infection by bacteria of the genus Brucella (especially B. abortus)

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