الطاعون البقري

English translation: Bovine plague

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Arabic term or phrase:الطاعون البقري
English translation:Bovine plague
Entered by: Iman Khaireddine

13:23 May 11, 2005
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Arabic term or phrase: الطاعون البقري
اذا كان الحيوان موجودا خلال الثلاثة اشهر السابقة لتاريخ منح الاذن بتصديره في مكان ما في المملكة يقع خارج دائرة لا يقل نصف قطرها عن عشرين كيلو مترا عن أي منطقة أعلن عنها كمنطقة تفشى فيها الطاعون البقري او الحمى القلاعية او ذات الرئة والجنب
Waleed Mohamed
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 06:25
Bovine plague
Explanation:
Also Bovine Pestilence (Both are used)
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Iman Khaireddine
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:25
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Thanks Iman and all!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6Bovine plague
Iman Khaireddine
4 +1Rinderpest/ cattle plague
Nesrin
5Cattle Plague
ahmadwadan.com


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
الطاعون البقري
Bovine plague


Explanation:
Also Bovine Pestilence (Both are used)

Iman Khaireddine
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks Iman and all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nesrin: agree - maybe the asker shouldn't go for cattle plague as I suggested, which seems to be the more general term. Then again, Rinderpest is one form of bovine plague. I'm a bit confused, but I think "bovine plague" is the safest option.
5 mins
  -> Rinderpest is the most dreaded bovine plague http://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/0302sp1.htm .. Thanks Nesrin!

agree  Rania KH
6 mins
  -> Thanks Rania

agree  Sabine Seguin
7 mins
  -> Thanks Sabine

agree  A Nabil Bouitieh: Bovine plague
3 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  Dr. Wathib Jabouri
18 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  Mazyoun
2 days 23 hrs
  -> Thanks
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
الطاعون البقري
Rinderpest/ cattle plague


Explanation:
I first thought the term may be "bovine plague", which is the literal translation of الطاعون البقري. When I googled for "bovine plague" I found that it's known as cattle plague or Rinderpest (which is actually the German word for bovine plague)

Cattle plague, also known as Rinderpest, is a contagious disease that principally
affects cattle, but occasionally can also affect sheep, ...
www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/ notifiable/disease/rinderpest.htm

Rinderpest is the most dreaded bovine plague, ...
www.fao.org/ag/magazine/wfspdf/0302sp1.pdf

The Eradication of Rinderpest Disease from Pakistan :: World ...
... Rinderpest has been conquered and by 2010, this deadly bovine plague ...
www.worldvet.org/Article1322.phtml

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:25
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maureen Millington-Brodie: it's rinderpest
5 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
الطاعون البقري
Cattle Plague


Explanation:
Sweet term Walid :)


    Reference: http://www.moneoman.gov.om/123/Agriculture%20&%20Livestock/1...
    Reference: http://www.chamberoman.com/yearbook/doing_occi_statistical_y...
ahmadwadan.com
Kuwait
Local time: 05:25
Native speaker of: Arabic
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