nieuwziekte, noun

/ˈnjuːsɪktə/
Forms:
nieusiekte, nieuweziekteShow more Also nieusiekte, nieuweziekte, niewe ziekt, niew-zickte.
Origin:
Dutch, AfrikaansShow more Dutch, nieuw (later Afrikaans nieu) new + ziekte (later Afrikaans siekte) disease.
obs. except in historical contexts, Pathology
1. Strangles, an infectious and contagious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys, caused by Streptococcus equi.
1867 Blue Bk for Col. 1866 JJ21The nieuw ziekte has carried off many of our horses, and lung-sickness among the horned cattle has also been prevalent.
1886 G.A. Farini Through Kalahari Desert 64There are two horse diseases: one called the paarde ziekt (horse sickness), and the other the niewe ziekt (new sickness). In the first the symptoms are a slight running at the nose, and hard breathing, and frequently the horses die in a few minutes after being attacked. In the other the nose symptoms are the same, accompanied by a swelling under the throat, and sometimes by hard lumps all over the body, which suppurate. If the horse does not die it is rendered unfit for use for some time after.
1914 Farmer’s Annual 177Strangles, or Nieuwziekte, is a contagious disease caused by a micro-organism (the Streptococcus of Schütz). It attacks horses, mules and donkeys, which are most susceptible when still young.
1916 Farmer’s Weekly 20 Dec. 1537Some of the donkeys in the district contracted ‘nieuweziekte’ in October and November, when that disease was so prevalent among horses; but, thanks to the paraffin cure, the disease was soon mastered.
1979 T. Gutsche There Was a Man 196Theiler produced at the end of 1902 ‘Some Diseases of the Horse in South Africa’,..dealing with Horse Sickness,..Glanders, Strangles or Nieuwziekte.
2. rare. Glanders, an acute infectious disease of horses which may be transmitted to other mammals, and which is caused by the bacillus Pfeifferella mallei.
1907 Trans. Agric. Jrnl Jan. 391 (Pettman)Glanders is also commonly called nieuwziekte; consequently, it is often very difficult to convince the proprietor of a horse suffering from glanders that it is really infected with that disease and not strangles.
Strangles, an infectious and contagious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys, caused by Streptococcus equi.
Glanders, an acute infectious disease of horses which may be transmitted to other mammals, and which is caused by the bacillus Pfeifferella mallei.
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