aftosa
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aftosa
1900–05; < Spanish (fiebre) aftosa aphthous (fever) ( def. )
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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 two men were agents of the Mexico-U.S. commission for the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, known in Spanish as aftosa.
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Congress shoved through bills for veterinary help in stamping out Mexico's aftosa, Mexicans awaited the man who would have to take action.
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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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No outbreak of aftosa has been discovered since December 1949.
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