Rinderpest

[rindәpest]

Definition

(noun.) an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes.

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Definition

(n.) A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain.

Edited by Clare

Definition

n. a malignant and contagious disease of cattle.

Editor: Nettie