hardware disease
nounEtymology
From the fact that in cattle it is usually caused by hardware such as a piece of wire or a fastener (e.g., fence wire, nail, screw).
Definitions
Traumatic gastrointestinal puncture and infection in ruminants (especially cattle) and…
Traumatic gastrointestinal puncture and infection in ruminants (especially cattle) and birds that ingest a sharp object (in livestock usually a metal object such as wire or a fastener); in cattle it usually includes reticuloperitonitis and thus in practice is usually metonymically synonymous with traumatic reticuloperitonitis.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hardware disease. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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