black disease: Meaning and Definition of

black' disease"

Pronunciation: [key]

— Vet. Pathol. Vet. Pathol.

an acute, usually fatal disease of sheep caused by general intoxication from Clostridium novyi, an anaerobic organism that multiplies in parts of the liver damaged by the common liver fluke.

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