also: うしやみ
noun
cattle plague; rinderpest
A highly contagious viral disease of cattle, now globally eradicated. The term is primarily historical or veterinary.
牛疫は2011年に根絶が宣言された。
Rinderpest was declared eradicated in 2011.
From 牛 (cattle) + 疫 (epidemic). The reading ぎゅうえき is Sino-Japanese; うしやみ is a native Japanese reading.