Newcastle disease
- noun
- /ˈnjuːˌkæstəl dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de Newcastle
- Birds infected with Newcastle disease may show symptoms like coughing, nasal discharge, and tremors.
- Newcastle disease virus
- avian Newcastle disease
- Newcastle disease and influenza
Examples
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The outbreak of Newcastle disease led to the culling of thousands of chickens to prevent further transmission.
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That project also includes the identification and characterization of recent Newcastle disease virus isolates and vaccine development for the two viruses.
Academic text (2005) -
Paramoxyviruses are other viruses found in birds that can result in Newcastle disease outbreaks in poultry," says Suarez.
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These preliminary results demonstrate potential for developing effective avian influenza and Newcastle disease vaccines with locally developed rather than imported saponins.
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The fruit of this research is the publication this year in Virus Genes of the first report of the fusion gene sequence analysis of Newcastle disease virus isolates from chickens in Kazakhstan.
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"It's wonderful to see scientists from this region joining in the global discourse of science, particularly on avian influenza and Newcastle disease," says King. "What started in the last century may flourish into seamless global cooperation in this century and beyond."
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Veterinarians are closely monitoring cases of Newcastle disease in poultry farms due to its contagious nature.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Newcastle + disease
This is a toponymic compound: a learner who knows 'Newcastle' as a place name and 'disease' will infer it is a disease associated with Newcastle, so the basic idea is partly transparent. However, the specific sense — that it is a highly contagious viral disease affecting domestic fowl and other birds — is encyclopedic knowledge not derivable from the constituents alone. Toponymic disease names are common cross-linguistically, giving partial predictability but not full transparency.
Etymology
Newcastle disease is named after the English town of Newcastle, where many chickens got sick and people first noticed the illness. So the name links the place Newcastle with disease, meaning 'a virus that makes birds sick'.
