RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
A trichostrongyloidiasis that involves parasitic infection of the ruminant abomasum by nematodes of the genus Haemonchus resulting in anemia, dehydration, diarrhea and accumulation of fluid in the abdomen, gut wall, thoracic cavity and submandibular tissue. (DO)