African horse sickness

noun

A potentially fatal infection of horses and other equids caused by a virus in the genus Orbivirus, transmitted mostly by a biting midge, Culicoides imicola, and originally from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Similar
equine plague
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Meanings

nounAfrican horse sickness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA potentially fatal infection of horses and other equids caused by a virus in the genus Orbivirus, transmitted mostly by a biting midge, Culicoides imicola, and originally from Sub-Saharan Africa.

    Synonyms: equine plague

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA potentially fatal infection of horses and other equids caused by a virus in the genus Orbivirus, transmitted mostly by a biting midge, Culicoides imicola, and originally from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Similar
equine plague
Also see
equine plague

Translations

Finnish afrikkalainen hevosrutto
  • afrikkalainen hevosruttoinfection of horses
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