| 释义 |
dourine|ˈdʊəriːn|
[ad. F. dourin.]
A contagious disease of horses transmitted by copulation and caused by the parasite Trypanosoma equiperdum.
1882Power & Sedgwick Lex. Med. II, Dourine, the Arabic name of Mal de coït. 1897M. H. Hayes Veterinary Notes for Horse Owners (ed. 5) xxii. 470 Dourine..was first observed in Germany by Ammon in 1796, and has since..spread to..Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy, France, Algiers, Syria and America... It is unknown in Great Britain. 1903Ibid. (ed. 6) 510 Dourine is a specific disease which at first appears as an inflammation of the surface of the genital organs, and which causes grave alterations in the nervous system of the attacked animal. Ibid. 511 Mares are more liable to acute dourine than stallions. 1963Jubb & Kennedy Path. Domestic Animals II. 596/2 The symptomatology of dourine can be divided into genital, cutaneous, nervous, and general manifestations which occur separately or concurrently. |