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black disease

n :  a fatal toxemia of sheep associated with simultaneous infection by liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica) and an anaerobic toxin-producing clostridium (Clostridium novyi) and characterized by liver necrosis and subcutaneous hemorrhage - compare BLACKLEG BRAXY LIVER ROT MALIGNANT EDEMA  .
 
 

 
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