| 释义 |
‖ surra|ˈsuːrə, ˈsʌrə|
[Marathi sūra air breathed through the nostrils.]
A disease of horses and other domestic animals in India, China, and other countries, caused by the flagellate Trypanosoma evansi and characterized by periods of increasingly severe fever and loss of weight, usually leading to death.
1883W. Robertson Textbk. Practice Equine Med. xi. 235 Surra may be conveniently defined as a specific blood disease of the horse. 1890Billings Nat. Med. Dict. 1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 Aug. 368 Tabanus can carry the trypanosome of Surra. 1932Riley & Johannsen Med. Entomol. xviii. 300 They [sc. tabanids] transfer by direct inoculation certain trypanosomes of animals, such as Trypanosoma evansi, which causes the highly fatal surra of horses. 1962Gordon & Lavoipierre Entomol. for Students of Med. xxiv. 155 There are a number of species [of tabanid] which are vectors of diseases to domestic animals, such as surra. |