Also known as Farcy pipes, Infection due to Pseudomonas mallei, glanders (disorder), Burkholderia mallei infection, Burkholderia mallei
Glanders is a contagious, zoonotic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei, which primarily occurs in horses, mules, and donkeys, but can also be contracted by dogs and cats, pigs, goats, and humans. The term glanders derives from the Middle English word ' and from the Old French word ', which both denote glands. Other terms for the glanders disease are the , the , the , and the .
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Glanders Disease
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Equinia, farcy, malleus
- Medical condition (new).image
- NHR April1917 p.76.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- The design of the water trough inhibits the dissemination of glanders disease among the watering horses, Philadelphia, Penn., U.S., 1917.
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Research
622 papers- Glanders.Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2008
- Glanders: An ancient and emergent disease with no vaccine or treatment on site.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025
- [Glanders--a comprehensive review].DTW. Deutsche tierarztliche Wochenschrift · 2006
- Glanders: Historical military use and potential bioterrorism concern.Open veterinary journal · 2025
- Editorial: Glanders and melioidosis: one health model.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- zoonosis
- Image
- NHR April1917 p.76.jpg
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- symptoms and signs
- myalgia
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- amikacin
- minimal incubation period in humans
- 2
- maximal incubation period in humans
- 21
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C34638
- health specialty
- veterinary medicine
- Commons category
- Glanders
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:13444
- different from
- Sap
- ICD-9-CM
- 024
- has cause
- Burkholderia mallei
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- WikiProject Medicine
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Article · 日本語
鼻疽（びそ、glanders）は、鼻疽菌 (Burkholderia mallei) 感染による馬、ロバ、ラバなどの感染症。鼻疽菌はヒトにも感染し症状を示すことがあるため、人獣共通感染症の一つである。 ウマやロバのほか、犬、猫、羊、山羊にも感染する。日本での発生はみられないが、海外から侵入する可能性が心配されている（海外悪性伝染病）。日本では家畜伝染病予防法における法定伝染病の一つであり、対象動物は馬。臨床症状の違いにより肺鼻疽、鼻腔鼻疽。皮疽と呼ばれる場合もある。
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