| bracken staggers | A condition occurring in horses as a result of eating bracken; characterised by locomotor incoordination; due to thiamin deficiency (bracken contains thiaminase). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bracken poisoning | A disease of cattle caused by long-term, low-level consumption of the bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) and characterised by haemorrhages or tumours in the bladder. Synonym: bracken poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| blind staggers | Subacute selenium poisoning in animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| staggers | 1. A form of decompression sickness in which vertigo, mental confusion, and muscular weakness are the chief symptoms. 2. A disease in sheep, marked by swaying and uncertain gait, caused by the presence of the larva of the tapeworm Multiceps multiceps in the brain, or by other cerebral lesions. Synonym: gid. (05 Mar 2000) |