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African horse sickness

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.

Noun

African horse sickness (uncountable)

  1. 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.

African horse sickness meaning in Tamil

African horse sickness in Tamil

குதிரை நோய்

Questions about African horse sickness

What does African horse sickness mean?
African horse sickness means 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.
What is African horse sickness in Tamil?
African horse sickness in Tamil is குதிரை நோய். See African horse sickness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is African horse sickness?
African horse sickness is a noun.

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