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牛肺疫 (ぎゅうはいえき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

牛ぎゅう肺はい疫えき

also: ウシはいえき

ぎゅ

う

は

い

え

き

Meanings

1

noun

contagious bovine pleuropneumonia; CBPP

Veterinary term for a serious respiratory disease in cattle caused by Mycoplasma mycoides. Often abbreviated as CBPP in English.

牛ぎゅう肺はい疫えきは、牛うしの伝でん染せん性せいの高たかい呼こ吸きゅう器き病びょうです。
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia is a highly infectious respiratory disease of cattle.
日本にほんでは牛

ぎゅう

肺はい

疫えき

の

発はっ

生せい

は

報ほう

告こく

さ

れ

て

い

ませ

ん

。

No outbreaks of CBPP have been reported in Japan.

Written forms

牛肺疫
- ぎゅうはいえき
  Standard kanji spelling using on'yomi reading.
- うしはいえき
ウシ肺はい疫えき
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling, sometimes used for clarity or in veterinary contexts.
うしはいえき
ウシはいえき

Kanji

牛cow
肺lungs
疫epidemic

Etymology

Compound of 牛 (gyū, 'cattle') + 肺疫 (haieki, 'pneumonic plague'). The term is a direct calque of the English 'contagious bovine pleuropneumonia'.