| 单词 | loco disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmasloco disease 2. More fully loco disease. The disease of livestock caused by the ingestion of loco plants, typically characterized by neurological symptoms including incoordination, hypersensitivity to stimuli, and agitation, usually accompanied by weight loss. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > dietary disorders surfeit1623 grass sickness1845 loco1876 1875 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 19 Jan. 1/4 Horses and cattle in the vicinity..act foolishly. Hence the Mexican name, loco, given it.] 1876 Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 6 4 What is most remarkable with this, and the Colorado Loco, is the permanence of the impression, often lasting many months. 1887 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 1885–6 10 65 Occasionally a person was met with who firmly asserted that the plant in question did not cause the so-called loco disease. 1890 Stock Grower & Farmer 15 Mar. 6/2 Loco threatens to be worse than last year. 1914 Farmers' Cycl. III. 615 In chronic cases of loco the animal gradually becomes more emaciated and crazy. 1983 Jrnl. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 56 267 In those species of Astragalus that cause ‘loco’ disease in livestock the toxic materials are thought to be alkaloids. 2001 L. H. Clarke They sang Horses (rev. ed.) 189 The loco disease is a serious chronic nervous disorder. < as lemmas |
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