transboundary animal diseases

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006457",
  "term": "transboundary animal diseases",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Highly contagious epidemic diseases that can spread extremely rapidly, irrespective of national borders. They cause high rates of death and disease in animals, thereby having serious socio-economic and sometimes public health consequences while constituting a constant threat to the livelihoods of livestock farmers.",
  "synonyms": [
    "foreign animal diseases"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "disease outbreaks"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIFA, USDA",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "enfermedades animales transfronterizas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/transboundary-animal-diseases/"
}