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单词 molteno
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Moltenon.

Brit. /mɒlˈtiːnəʊ/, U.S. /mɔlˈtinoʊ/, /mɑlˈtinoʊ/, South African English /mɒlˈtiːnəʊ/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Molteno.
Etymology: < Molteno, the name of the town and district in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa in which the disease was first investigated (see quot. 1912 at sense 1).
South African.
1. Veterinary Medicine. attributive, esp. in Molteno disease. Designating or relating to ragwort poisoning (seneciosis) in livestock, esp. cattle.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > dietary disorders
dew-bolne?1523
hunger-rot?1523
grass-sick1607
grain-sick1834
hoove1840
grass staggers1858
bloat1878
wobbles1886
grain-founder1890
blowing1891
veld sickness1896
corn-stalk disease1900
cattle-sickness1903
Molteno disease1911
grass tetany1931
1911 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 84 188 In South Africa the Molteno disease is associated with the Senecio Burchellii and the Senecio latifolius.
1912 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 5 Mar. 7 in C. Pettman Africanderisms (1913) 323 The name Molteno disease arose from the fact that the Molteno Farmers' Association was responsible for the first investigation into the cause of what is still often referred to as merely black gallsick.
1929 Farming in S. Afr. Apr. 20 Molteno disease..very closely resembles Dunsiekte or Enzootic Liver Cirrhosis in horses.
1972 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VII. 296 Ingestion of certain Senecio plants has long been known to cause liver damage, which may result in death in cattle and horses (Molteno sickness; dunsiekte).
1988 T. S. Kellerman et al. Plant Poisonings & Mycotoxicoses of Livestock 5 Seneciosis..is..responsible for chronic disease, locally known as Molteno straining disease in cattle and dunsiekte in horses.
2. Molteno disease plant n. any of several South African ragworts considered to cause chronic poisoning (seneciosis) in livestock.
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1934 Farming in S. Afr. Mar. 97 The following is a list of the various species of Senecio known to be poisonous... Senecio isatideus..(ragwort, Dan's cabbage)..Senecio retrorsus..(ragwort, Dan's cabbage, Molteno disease plant).
1966 C. A. Smith Common Names S. Afr. Plants 341 Molteno disease plant, Senecio burchellii..and S. retrorsus... Both species are regarded as the cause of Molteno disease in stock.
1981 J. Vahrmeijer Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 158 Other Senecio species which..have frequently been suspected of causing poisoning, are S. isatideus (known as Dan's cabbage, or Inkanga) and S. burchellii (geelgifbossie or Molteno disease plant).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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