Definition of Dourine

1. a disease of horses [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dourine

1. A disease of horses and donkeys caused by trypanosoma equiperdum. The disease occurs in africa, the americas, and asia. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dourine

douncer
doup
doupe
doupioni
doupionis
douppioni
douppionis
doups
dour
doura
dourah
dourahs
douras
dourer
dourest
dourine (current term)
dourines
dourly
dourness
dournesses
douroucouli
douroucoulis
douse
doused
douser
dousers
douses
dousing
dousing-chock
dousing-chocks

Literary usage of Dourine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1915)
"... IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF dourine (TRYPANOSOMIASIS OF THE HORSE) * HEINRICH WEHRBEIN (From the Veterinary Research Laboratory of Jowa State College, Ames, ..."

2. The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals by Veranus Alva Moore (1916)
"Differentiation of surra, dourine, mal de caderas and nagana. The divergence of opinion concerning the nature of these affections and the specific identity ..."

3. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1916)
"The strict measures employed by the sanitary police to control dourine in ... In 1910, 79 cases of dourine were diagnosed, and in 1911 there were 407 cases. ..."

4. Text Book of Veterinary Medicine by James Law (1906)
"dourine. Synonyms. Definition : Contagious disease of breeding solipeds, with special lesions in generative and nervous system, and skin, and caused by a ..."

5. The Clinical pathology of the blood of domesticated animals by Samuel Howard Burnett (1917)
"dourine This disease affects equines, mainly horses. Asses are less susceptible. Infection occurs naturally by coition. Dogs, rabbits, rats and mice are ..."

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