Bordetella bronchiseptica
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Bordetella bronchiseptica
[‚bȯr·də‚tel·ə ‚braŋ·ki′sep·ti·kə] (microbiology)
An aerobic, gram-negative bacterium that is a pathogen in many domestic and wild mammals, including horses, swine, dogs, and rodents, and may cause a variety of respiratory diseases in them.