NEWCASTLE DISEASE


Meaning of NEWCASTLE DISEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnü-ˌka-səl-, ˈnyü-; n(y)ü-ˈ ]

noun

Etymology: Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Date: 1927

: a contagious often fatal virus disease of birds and especially the domestic chicken that is caused by a paramyxovirus (species Newcastle disease virus of the genus Rubulavirus ) and that is marked by respiratory and nervous symptoms

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