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cowpox, infectious disease of cows caused by a virus related to the virus of smallpox. Also called variola, it is characterized by pustular lesions on the teats and udder. Cowpox is transmitted by contact, inducing a mild infection of the hands in persons who milk infected cows. The fact that such persons had immunity to smallpox led Edward Jenner Jenner, Edward, 1749–1823, English physician; pupil of John Hunter. His invaluable experiments beginning in 1796 with the vaccination of eight-year-old James Phipps proved that cowpox provided immunity against smallpox.
..... Click the link for more information. to attempt vaccination vaccination, means of producing immunity against pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria, by the introduction of live, killed, or altered antigens that stimulate the body to produce antibodies against more dangerous forms.
..... Click the link for more information. with this virus, instead of using the dangerous method of vaccinating with material from the sores of smallpox. Jenner's method was successful and is the basis of the modern vaccination against smallpox. Horses and sheep may contract a similar disease.

cowpox

a contagious viral disease of cows characterized by vesicles on the skin, esp on the teats and udder. Inoculation of humans with this virus provides temporary immunity to smallpox. It can be transmitted to other species, esp cats

cowpox [′kau̇‚päks]

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vaccinia

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Hailed as historic legislation by Colorado public health leaders, the new law recognizes that public health has evolved over time to deal with more than just the diseases that century ago, such as cow pox and cholera.

Colorado welcomes historic public health reform: new legislation ... by Johnson, Teddi Dineley / The Nation's Health

Some of the diseases are almost unheard of today, including tuberculosis, foot and mouth disease, cow pox and Texas fever.

Veterinary medicine in the 1800s by Belanger, J.D. / Countryside & Small Stock Journal

Prof Begon says more work is needed to understand hidden diseases such as the bubonic plague, cow pox or certain kinds of TB, which are endemic in the rodent population.

The plaguebusters; Rats under microscope by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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