rinderpest

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An acute, often fatal, contagious viral disease, chiefly of cattle, characterized by ulceration of the alimentary tract and resulting in diarrhea.

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An acute infectious disease of cattle, appearing occasionally among sheep, and communicable to other ruminants.

noun

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.

noun

a contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus.

noun

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