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milk sickness

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004126

An acute, often fatal disease caused by the ingestion of milk, milk products, or the flesh of cattle or sheep which have a disease known as trembles. It is marked by weakness, anorexia, vomiting, constipation, and sometimes muscular tremors. It is caused by poisoning by white snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) and the rayless goldenrod (Haplopappus heterophyllus).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004126
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2016; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoplant poisoning; tremetol; Isocoma pluriflora; Ageratina altissima
TranslationsSpanish: enfermedad de la leche
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004126",
  "term": "milk sickness",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An acute, often fatal disease caused by the ingestion of milk, milk products, or the flesh of cattle or sheep which have a disease known as trembles. It is marked by weakness, anorexia, vomiting, constipation, and sometimes muscular tremors. It is caused by poisoning by white snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) and the rayless goldenrod (Haplopappus heterophyllus).",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "plant poisoning",
    "tremetol",
    "Isocoma pluriflora",
    "Ageratina altissima"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2016",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "enfermedad de la leche"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/milk-sickness/"
}

Record 4,126 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.