streptothricosis Vet. Sci.
(ˌstrɛptəʊθrɪˈkəʊsɪs)
Also -trichosis.
[f. as prec. + -osis.]
A usu. chronic, sometimes fatal disease caused by actinomycetes and producing scabs on the skin of cows and other farm animals, esp. in the wet season in tropical regions.
| 1927 Ann. Rep. Veter. Dept., Northern Provinces, 1926 (Nigeria) 10 Contagious Impetigo or Streptothricosis... This disease made its appearance in the Government herd [of cattle] at Vom. 1971 D. L. Doxey Veter. Clinical Path. xiv. 267 Although formerly classed as of differing aetiology, cutaneous streptothricosis in cattle, mycotic dermatitis in cattle, sheep, goats and horses, and strawberry foot rot of sheep, are all caused by the same organism, Dermatophilus congolensis. 1973 Ainsworth & Austwick Fungal Dis. Animals (ed. 2) 135 Dermatophilosis, especially in cattle (streptotrichosis) and sheep (mycotic dermatitis, strawberry foot-rot), occurs in many tropical and temperate countries as acute local infections of the skin following damage by prolonged soaking, insolation, tick bites or other agencies. |