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cattle plague

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cattle plague
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) another name for rinderpest
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Noun1.cattle plague - an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal)cattle plague - an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes
animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings


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They all succumbed to a disease far more deadly than foot-and-mouth - cattle plague, or rinderpest.
These include monkey pox, a highly infectious viral disease like smallpox which can be fatal, and cattle plague, the human equivalent of foot and mouth.
If tests reveal the cattle plague, more than 10,000 sheep and 1600 cows will be at risk.
 
 
 
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