lamesickness, lamsickness, noun

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AfrikaansShow more (Partial) translation of Afrikaans lamsiekte.
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lamsiekte.
1905 D. Hutcheon in Flint & Gilchrist Science in S. Afr. 361Cases similar to the above frequently occur in veld-fed cattle, more especially where ‘stiffsickness’ and ‘Lamsickness’ prevails.
1974 R. Clark in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. X. 299Lamsiekte (‘lame-sickness’) was known in South Africa as early as 1796 and became the greatest obstacle to cattle-farming in the North-Western Cape and Western Free State.
1979 T. Gutsche There Was a Man 5A worse scourge since it affected both food and transport was the equally noted ‘lame-sickness’ among cattle.
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