rinderpest

rinderpest
rin·der·pest 'rin-dər-.pest n an acute infectious usu. fatal disease of ruminant animals (as cattle) that is caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus (species Rinderpest virus) and is marked by fever, diarrhea, and inflammation of mucous membranes called also cattle plague

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rin·der·pest (rinґdər-pest) [Ger. Rinder cattle + pest plague] a disease of cattle, which sometimes affects sheep and swine and is caused by a paramyxovirus; symptoms are fever and croupous, ulcerative diphtheritic lesions of the gastrointestinal tract. Called also cattle plague.

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