Severe diarrhoeal illness in livestock, (in later use) specifically that caused by Escherichia coli or other bacterial infection in young calves; also in plural.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in William Ellis (c1700–1758), agriculturist and writer.
Definition of white scour in US English:
white scour
noun
Severe diarrhoeal illness in livestock, (in later use) specifically that caused by Escherichia coli or other bacterial infection in young calves; also in plural.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in William Ellis (c1700–1758), agriculturist and writer.