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Definition of rinderpest in English: rinderpestnoun ˈrɪndəpɛstˈrɪndərˌpɛst mass nounVeterinary Medicine An infectious disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by a paramyxovirus. It is characterized by fever, dysentery, and inflammation of the mucous membranes. Also called cattle plague Example sentencesExamples - Camels obviously evolved in an extremely harsh environment and are immune to diseases such as rinderpest and foot-and-mouth that afflict other mammals.
- However, in 1880-81, when the British unintentionally introduced rinderpest (a cattle disease), the Maasai lost 80 percent of their stock.
- It was not until rinderpest, or cattle plague, a highly fatal and contagious disease, wiped out seven per cent of the national herd between 1865 to 1867, that views on controlling animal disease changed, says Dr Woods.
- Two devastating cattle diseases, rinderpest in 1896-7 and East Coast fever, which moved slowly through the country from 1904 to 1913, each killed as much as 80 per cent of the herds in some districts.
- Here droughts, floods and locusts destroy crops and rinderpest kills cattle.
Phrases before (or since) the rinderpest A long time ago (or for a very long time) some of us still remember that time before the rinderpest
Origin Mid 19th century: from German, from Rinder 'cattle' + Pest 'plague'. Definition of rinderpest in US English: rinderpestnounˈrindərˌpestˈrɪndərˌpɛst Veterinary Medicine An infectious disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by a paramyxovirus. It is characterized by fever, dysentery, and inflammation of the mucous membranes. Example sentencesExamples - However, in 1880-81, when the British unintentionally introduced rinderpest (a cattle disease), the Maasai lost 80 percent of their stock.
- Two devastating cattle diseases, rinderpest in 1896-7 and East Coast fever, which moved slowly through the country from 1904 to 1913, each killed as much as 80 per cent of the herds in some districts.
- It was not until rinderpest, or cattle plague, a highly fatal and contagious disease, wiped out seven per cent of the national herd between 1865 to 1867, that views on controlling animal disease changed, says Dr Woods.
- Camels obviously evolved in an extremely harsh environment and are immune to diseases such as rinderpest and foot-and-mouth that afflict other mammals.
- Here droughts, floods and locusts destroy crops and rinderpest kills cattle.
Origin Mid 19th century: from German, from Rinder ‘cattle’ + Pest ‘plague’. |