单词 | grass sickness |
释义 | > as lemmasgrass sickness grass sickness n. (a) any of several diseases and disorders affecting cattle and sheep, typically when newly turned out to grass; esp. bloat (tympany of the rumen) and clostridial diseases (now rare); (b) an acute or chronic disorder with a high mortality rate which affects horses and ponies turned out to grass, characterized by dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system with mainly gastrointestinal symptoms, and often thought to be a type of botulism. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > dietary disorders surfeit1623 grass sickness1845 loco1876 1845 Simmonds's Colonial Mag. 6 181 The flock-master has cause to be apprehensive lest his sheep, banqueting too freely upon the new grass, should be attacked with a distemper called the grass sickness, peculiar, at least almost so, to pasturage of this kind. 1863 Edinb. Vet. Rev. 5 341 A good many lambs died from grass sickness. 1882 J. W. Hill Princ. & Pract. Bovine Med. & Surg. 171 It [sc. hoven] has been termed grass-sickness, as the affection often follows a greedy meal of rich, succulent, natural, or artificial grasses. 1920 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 32 375 Grass Sickness in Horses.—Dr.Tocher reported that two cases of ‘Grass Sickness’ had occurred in Forfarshire during the past month. 2015 Courier (Dundee) 3 June (Perth & Perthshire ed.) 7/3 Mrs McDonald was on the month-long trip to raise awareness of grass sickness, a disease that affects the nervous systems of ponies and horses. < as lemmas |
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