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chicken pest

chicken pest noun: synonym of Newcastle disease.

Noun

chicken pest (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Newcastle disease.
    • The successful reproduction of the disease by inoculating a healthy chicken, and the absence of any demonstrable microorganisms in the tissues of the sick bird, should be considered positive evidence of chicken pest.1891, Documents and Reports on Foot-and-mouth Disease - - Fowl Pest
    • Since a goshawk may occasionally take a chicken or the chicken pest wipe out an entire flock, keeping up chickens is risky business.2013, Brauns, Mru: Hill People on the Border of Bangladesh, →ISBN, page 132

Synonyms of chicken pest

Questions about chicken pest

What does chicken pest mean?
Chicken pest means synonym of Newcastle disease.
What part of speech is chicken pest?
Chicken pest is a noun.

Words near chicken pest in the dictionary

  1. chicken or egg questions
  2. chicken oriental
  3. chicken out
  4. chicken paw
  5. chicken paws
  6. chicken pest
  7. chicken pill
  8. chicken pills
  9. chicken pox
  10. chicken pox party
  11. chicken poxes

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