| harts clover | <botany> Melilot or sweet clover. (06 Mar 1998) |
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| clover disease | A form of photosensitization that occurs in horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs from eating several types of clover and alfalfa. Synonym: clover disease, trefoil dermatitis. Origin: L. Trifolium, trefoil, clover (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sweet clover disease | A haemorrhagic disease, due to dicumarol which causes marked reduction in prothrombin, occurring in cattle fed on sweet clover fodder, spoiled during curing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweet clover poisoning | A haemorrhagic disease of herbivores, especially cattle, occurring as a result of consuming damaged hay or silage containing sweet clover, but never as a result of eating freshly cut plants or pasturing on sweet clover. The causative agent is the anticoagulant, dicumarol, which is formed in the spoilage process from the harmless coumarin. (05 Mar 2000) |