Definition of Newcastle disease

1. Noun. Disease of domestic fowl and other birds.

Generic synonyms: Animal Disease

Definition of Newcastle disease

1. Noun. A highly contagious disease of poultry ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Newcastle disease

1. An influenza-like viral disease of birds, including domestic fowl, characterised by respiratory and gastrointestinal or pneumonic and encephalitic symptoms. First seen near newcastle, england, the infection is also transmissible to humans by contact with infected birds. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Newcastle Disease

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newcasting
newcastle disease (current term)
newchurch
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newell

Literary usage of Newcastle disease

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

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Four papers record newcastle disease in birds belonging to the Order ... The first major epizootic of newcastle disease in Kenya for twenty years occurred ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"newcastle disease A SEROLOGICAL STUDY OF IMMUNITY USING Two LIVE VACCINES By RW CROWTHER Federal Department of Veterinary Research, Vom, Nigeria* The ..."

3. Environmental Regulation And Food Safety: Studies of Protection And by Veena Jha (2005)
"Export and Health Problems newcastle disease-free One of the fundamental requirements for a country wishing to export poultry products to the United States ..."

4. Animal Health at the Crossroads: Preventing, Detecting, and Diagnosing by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"... newcastle disease (END) is a contagious and fatal disease affecting all species of birds. Previously known as velogenic viscerotropic newcastle disease ..."

5. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"Biologicals Brucellosis strain 19 newcastle disease vaccine Contagious ... newcastle disease and contagious ecthyma (orf) vaccines are live products used in ..."

6. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"MTH-68 is a modified attenuated strain of the newcastle disease virus of chickens (paramyxovirus). In poultry, it causes an acute, fever-causing, ..."

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