aftosa
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aftosa
1900–05; < Spanish (fiebre) aftosa aphthous (fever) ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Handy with his fists, fluent in Texmex Spanish,* he had been one of the most promising rodeo riders around Tucson, Ariz, before he went south to help stamp out aftosa.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two men were agents of the Mexico-U.S. commission for the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, known in Spanish as aftosa.
From Time Magazine Archive
For two hours the President recounted the happy details of Mexico's new prosperity: production and employment up, aftosa finally defeated, agriculture thriving.
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The overall plan for stamping out aftosa by vaccination runs through 1949 and will cost about $50 million, most of it put up by the U.S. taxpayer.
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"None of our problems," he warned, "can compare in gravity with the spread of aftosa among the cattle."
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