garget
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of garget
1580–90; earlier, inflammation of the head or throat in livestock, apparently the same word as Middle English garget, gargat throat < Middle French gargate
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If calves are allowed to suckle the cows the pustules become confluent, and the ulcerations may extend up into the teat, causing garget and ruining the whole quarter of the udder.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Many cheese makers think that the milk from an animal suffering from a garget may be the cause of the huffing of cheese.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Edwin George Hastings
There is some reason to believe that organisms coming from cases of garget have been responsible for the extensive outbreaks of septic sore throat that have occurred in some parts of the country.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Edwin George Hastings
Too high feeding is the cause of milk-fever, caked bag, garget, and a host of evils; and very poor feed is almost equally objectionable.
Tom tripped upstairs to the garret, and returned with a bunch of garget berries, with which they stained their faces and hands.
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Charles Carleton Coffin
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