east coast fever

noun

1. a disease of cattle, endemic in east and central Africa, caused by a parasite, Theileria parva, that is carried by ticks

Example Sentences

His team is currently focussing on developing chickens that are resistant to Newcastle disease and dairy cattle resistant to East Coast fever.

From BBC

Several virulent cattle diseases, including hemorrhagic septicemia and East Coast fever, once rarely seen in South Sudan, have spread, according to Abdal Osman, cattle expert with the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization.

From Los Angeles Times

But the ears are full of ticks, and cattle do die of tick-borne diseases like East Coast fever.

From New York Times

This means first and foremost increasing research and development to insure higher yields through extensive breeding.  but But the researchers also look at ways to increase tolerance to drought, heat and salt, identifying and disseminating the best varieties of crops, addressing problems like wheat rust, developing resistance to cattle diseases like East Coast Fever, and focusing on soil diagnostics to ensure that optimal combinations of organic and inorganic fertilizers are used.

From Slate

Swiftly losing his job owing to an outbreak of East Coast fever among his herd, he took to a vagabond's life.

From Project Gutenberg