Newcastle disease

noun

A highly contagious disease of poultry, caused by the Newcastle disease virus.

Meanings

nounNewcastle disease (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA highly contagious disease of poultry, caused by the Newcastle disease virus.

    Synonyms: chicken pest, pneumoencephalitis, fowl pest, Philippine fowl disease, Ranikhet disease

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA highly contagious disease of poultry, caused by the Newcastle disease virus.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 新城疫, 雞瘟 /鸡瘟
  • 新城疫 (xīnchéngyì)disease of poultry
  • 雞瘟 /鸡瘟 (jīwēn)disease of poultry
Czech Newcastleská nemoc, pseudomor drůbeže
  • Newcastleská nemocdisease of poultry
  • pseudomor drůbežedisease of poultry
Dutch ziekte van Newcastle
  • ziekte van Newcastledisease of poultry
French maladie de Newcastle
  • maladie de Newcastledisease of poultry
German Newcastle-Krankheit
  • Newcastle-Krankheitdisease of poultry
Italian malattia di Newcastle
  • malattia di Newcastledisease of poultry
Japanese ニューカッスル病
  • ニューカッスル病 (Nyūkassuru-byō)disease of poultry
Portuguese doença de Newcastle
  • doença de Newcastledisease of poultry
Russian боле́знь Ньюка́сла
  • боле́знь Ньюка́сла (boléznʹ Nʹjukásla)disease of poultry
Spanish enfermedad de Newcastle
  • enfermedad de Newcastledisease of poultry
Vietnamese bệnh Newcastle
  • bệnh Newcastledisease of poultry
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