azoturia
Americannoun
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an elevated level of nitrogenous compounds in the urine.
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Also called Monday morning disease. Veterinary Pathology. a disease of horses, especially draft horses returning to work after several days of inactivity and heavy feeding, characterized by muscle stiffness, paralysis, excessive sweating, and excretion of dark urine.
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Etiology and Occurrence.—While paralysis of the femoral nerve, also known as "dropped stifle" occurs as a result of local injuries and melanotic tumors in gray horses, most cases are due to azoturia.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
In azoturia of horses and in infectious diseases, the inflammation is nearly always acute.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
It is especially important to provide for the subject to be exercised when there is atrophy of the quadriceps muscles following azoturia.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
Any given seizure may easily be mistaken for azoturia, at first, but a better examination soon excludes that disease.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
For example, in congestion of the kidneys the urine is light in color and rather transparent; in southern cattle fever it may be red; and in azoturia it may be brown.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
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