Swahili
kidei
ki-DE-i
How to say it
Swahilikideiki-DE-isoon
Englishrinderpestsoon
Frenchpeste bovinesoon
Meaning
a contagious viral disease affecting cattle, rinderpest, also used for a similar disease in chickens.
Good to know
cattle plague, rinder- pest; disease of chickens
Examples
- Ng'ombe wengi walikufa kwa kidei mwaka ule.Many cattle died of rinderpest that year.
- Kidei kimeshambulia kuku wa jirani yetu.The chicken disease has struck our neighbor's chickens.
- Hawakuchanja mifugo dhidi ya kidei kwa wakati.They did not vaccinate the livestock against rinderpest in time.
- Maafisa wa mifugo walikuja kuchunguza kidei kijijini.The livestock officers came to investigate the rinderpest in the village.
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