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dourine
[doo-reen]
noun
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
dourine
/ ˈʊəː /
noun
an infectious venereal disease of horses characterized by swollen glands, inflamed genitals, and paralysis of the hindquarters, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma equiperdum contracted during copulation
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dourine1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dourine1
Example Sentences
Dourine is a nasty venereal disease that affects horses, donkeys, and mules.
The United States eradicated dourine in the mid-1950s, but it used to be a real problem in North America.
Dourine continues to infect animals in Asia, Africa, and South America.
Blood is drawn upon arrival, screening for dourine, glanders, equine piroplasmosis and equine infectious anemia, and the horses are monitored by veterinarians.
Dourine is highly contagious and spreads rapidly among unstalled horses.
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