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Meaning of LOCO DISEASE

Pronunciation:  'lowkow di'zeez

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis
 
 Synonyms: locoism
 
 See Also: animal disease

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Loco disease\ (Veter.)
A chronic nervous affection of cattle, horses, and sheep,
caused by eating the loco weed and characterized by a slow,
measured gait, high step, glassy eyes with defective vision,
delirium, and gradual emaciation.

 

 

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