cattle plague
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cattle plague
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Rinderpest virus, also known as cattle plague, is in the same family as measles, but does not infect humans.
From Nature ● Jul. 23, 2019
Rinderpest, which means "cattle plague" in German, is highly contagious and has a fatality rate of about 80 percent.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2011
Livestock diseases like rinderpest, a fatal viral infection known as "the cattle plague," and human maladies like malaria, cholera and bilharziasis, a water-borne urinary-tract disease, are on the rise.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the long wars against the Government, as well as in the internal disturbances, the camels and oxen were almost exterminated; and in 1889 a cattle plague still further reduced the numbers.
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by Wingate, F. R.
Why then it will be th' cattle plague, its nowt else, ther's a deal o' sheep had it lately; an' varry likely that's some o' ther wool 'at tha's been sleepin on.
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by Hartley, John
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