An infectious, usually fatal bacterial disease of cattle and sometimes of sheep, goats, and swine, caused byClostridium chauvoe and characterized by gas-containing swellings in the musculature.

• 气肿疽：一种传染性的，通常对牛类致命的细菌疾病，有时发生于绵羊、山羊和猪，由气肿疽梭状芽孢杆菌引起，其特点为肌肉系统内充气肿大