liver rot

liver rot
liver rot n a disease that is caused by liver flukes esp. in sheep and cattle and is marked by sluggishness, anemia, and wasting and by great local damage to the liver see DISTOMATOSIS compare BLACK DISEASE

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a form of fascioliasis seen in cattle and sheep, and occasionally humans, characterized by fibrosis of the liver with anemia and weight loss; severe cases can be fatal. The infecting fluke is Fasciola hepatica.

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