glanders; farcy
A contagious bacterial disease primarily affecting horses, caused by Burkholderia mallei. The term 鼻疽 is the standard Japanese veterinary name; 馬鼻疽 is a synonym.
See also: 馬鼻疽
Glanders is one of the notifiable infectious diseases in horses.
glanders
Burkholderia mallei
From 鼻 (nose) and 疽 (carbuncle, ulcer), referring to the nasal lesions characteristic of the disease.