Braxy
Also called bradsot. an acute inflammatory disease of the intestines of sheep, caused by a bacterium, Clostridium septicum.
affected with braxy.
Historical Examples
A Treatise on Sheep: Ambrose Blacklock
A History of the Gipsies Walter Simson
Huntingtower John Buchan
Domestic Animals Richard L. Allen
Doom Castle Neil Munro
noun
an acute and usually fatal bacterial disease of sheep characterized by high fever, coma, and inflammation of the fourth stomach, caused by infection with Clostridium septicum
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