nagana

American  

[nuh-gah-nuh] / nəˈgɑ nə /

Or n'gana

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. a disease of horses and other animals, widespread in parts of Africa, caused by the organism Trypanosoma brucei, and transmitted by a variety of tsetse fly.

2. any trypanosomal disease of animals that is transmitted by the tsetse fly.

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nagana British  

/ nəˈɡɑːnə /

noun

1. a disease of domesticated animals of central and southern Africa, caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma transmitted by tsetse flies

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Etymology

Origin of nagana

1890–95; < Nguni; compare Zulu unukane, ulunakane, izinakane

Example Sentences

Harmless to game animals, nagana is deadly to domestic cattle, with a mortality rate of close to 50%.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although nagana is not known in the U.S., other drowsing diseases are.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hope was that no game would mean no nagana.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the most dangerous diseases in man, the African sleeping sickness, is caused by a trypanosome, and the disease of domestic cattle in Africa, nagana, or tsetse fly disease, is also so produced.

From Disease and Its Causes by Councilman, William Thomas

Some diseases, such as Texas fever and nagana, are traceable to protozoa, while others, like vactinomycosis and aspergillosis, are caused by fungi.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry