RUBARTH'S DISEASE Definition & Meaning

Rubarth's disease

[ roo-bahrts, -bahrths ]

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a common, rapidly progressing viral hepatitis of dogs and other carnivores, often confused with canine distemper.

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Named after Carl Sven Rubarth (1905–96), Swedish veterinarian, who described it in 1947

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