bastard strangles
English
Noun
bastard strangles (uncountable)
- A case of strangles, a disease affecting horses' heads, that has spread to other parts of the body.
- 1763, Henry Bracken, Farriery Improved: Or, A Compleat Treatise upon the Art of Farriery (Ninth Edition), page 29:
- Monſieur Solleyſell, as well as our own Countryman Mr. Markham, have accounted for the Baſtard-Strangles in a very odd kind of manner.
- 2004, Bonnie Rush and Tim Mair, Equine Respiratory Diseases, Blackwell Science, page 164:
- The most common complication is bastard strangles, metastatic spread of the infection to lymph nodes and organs other than the nodes of the head.
- 2005, Equine Research, Horseman's Veterinary Encyclopedia (Revised and Updated), The Lyons Press, page 352:
- Isolation of infected animals can prevent epidemics of strangles and is recommended for new additions to a herd or group. In some horses, purpura hemorrhagica and even bastard strangles may follow vaccination, though this is relatively rare.
- 1763, Henry Bracken, Farriery Improved: Or, A Compleat Treatise upon the Art of Farriery (Ninth Edition), page 29:
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