口こう蹄てい疫えき

noun

foot-and-mouth disease; hoof-and-mouth disease

A highly contagious viral disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, pigs, and sheep. The term is primarily used in veterinary and agricultural contexts.

• 口こう蹄てい疫えきの発はっ生せいにより、多おおくの家か畜ちくが処しょ分ぶんされた。

  Due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, many livestock were culled.