rinderpest

[ rin-der-pest ]

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. an acute, usually fatal infectious disease of cattle, sheep, etc., caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus and characterized by high fever, diarrhea, and lesions of the skin and mucous membranes.

rinderpest

/ ˈrɪndəˌpɛst /

noun

1. an acute contagious viral disease of cattle, characterized by severe inflammation of the intestinal tract and diarrhoea

Word History and Origins

Origin of rinderpest¹

1860–65; < German, equivalent to Rinder cattle (plural of Rind ) + Pest pestilence

Word History and Origins

Origin of rinderpest¹

C19: German: cattle pest

Example Sentences

A prime example is the rinderpest virus, which in the late 19th century devastated populations of ruminants — buffalo, antelope, cattle — in sub-Saharan Africa.

From Science News

Rinderpest, or some other incomprehensible disease, affected and decimated the imported herds.

From Project Gutenberg

Rinderpest, rin′dėr-pest, n. a malignant and contagious disease of cattle.

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Here were collected some two hundred waggons, stopped by loss of all their oxen from rinderpest.

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Just about the same time the terrible scourge of rinderpest came down upon the land.

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Owing to rinderpest, it seems almost impossible to get sufficient waggons in Cape Colony to bring up the required supplies.

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