African horse sickness

noun

1. vet science a fatal infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys, which is transmitted by insect vectors. It is caused by an arbovirus and is characterized by pulmonary or cardiac signs

Example Sentences

African horse flies carry diseases such as trypanosomiasis and African horse sickness that cause wasting and can be fatal.

From Reuters

Following the discussion at the conference, which also considered issues including the growing danger that diseases such as African horse sickness and equine infectious anaemia might infect the British horse population, Bittar admitted to some frustration that the Grand National still demands so much time and attention.

From The Guardian

Among the human diseases, yellow fever, poliomyelitis, and dengue are so produced; of the animal diseases in addition to foot and mouth disease, pleuropneumonia, cattle plague, African horse sickness, several diseases of fowls and the mosaic disease of the tobacco plant have all been shown to be due to a filterable virus.

From Project Gutenberg