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Meanings of cattle plague in английском

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An acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes.

Usage of cattle plague in английском
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After the war came famine, disease, cattle plague, and hailstorms.
The hangman's daughter
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Compensation to the cattle -owners during the cattle plague was difficult no doubt to adjust.
Windjammers and Sea Tramps
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The cattle plague was sweeping like wildfire among the herds of the nomads; famine seemed imminent.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
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It is 160 years this year since the start of a devastating epidemic of cattle plague, or rinderpest.
The Irish Times
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Two years ago, at the time of the cattle plague, he bought some cattle and had them insured-
Ivanoff: A Play
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Mad Bear's warriors can easily cope with Laredo's cavalry, but what they can't cope with is a cattle plague.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
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Our oxen continued to walk with sturdy steps; we had not yet lost one, although the cattle plague was prevalent at the time.
Native Races and the War
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The re-introduction of cattle plague into England in 1877 led to the passing of the Act 41 & 42 Vict.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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Every once in a while there was unrest among the Folk, often after a bad harvest, a cattle plague, or a bout of the cholera.
Runemarks
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The Cattle Plague Act is a conspicuous instance of this defect.
The English Constitution
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Cattle plague, or rinderpest, has not been recorded in Great Britain since 1877.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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Bad crops, want.... Cattle plague continually, diseases of all sorts.... We are crushed by poverty.
The Witch, and Other Stories
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Cattle plague was also the second disease to be eradicated by vaccination (the first was smallpox).
The Irish Times