Nairobi sheep disease

Nairobi sheep disease
Nai·ro·bi sheep disease nī-'rō-bē- n a severe and frequently fatal gastroenteritis of sheep or sometimes goats that occurs in parts of Kenya and is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the family Bunyaviridae (species Nairobi sheep virus of the genus Nairovirus) transmitted by the bite of an African tick esp. of the genus Rhipicephalus (R. appendiculatus) called also Nairobi disease

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an infectious disease of sheep and goats in East Africa, marked by acute hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, green, watery diarrhea, mucopurulent nasal discharge, and breathing difficulty; it is caused by a bunyavirus transmitted by the ticks Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Amblyomma variegatum.

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