lechuguilla fever

lechuguilla fever
a disease of sheep and goats in western Texas, marked by toxic encephalitis, nephritis, photosensitization, listlessness, icterus, and a yellow discharge from the eyes and nostrils; it is caused by eating the plant Agave lechuguilla. Popularly known as swellhead.

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  • lechuguilla fever — noun also lechuguilla poisoning : a serious intoxication occurring in sheep and goats in the southwestern United States as a result of their feeding on a lechuguilla (Agave lecheguilla) and involving necrosis of the liver and kidney accompanied… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lechuguilla poisoning — noun see lechuguilla fever …   Useful english dictionary

  • Agave lecheguilla — lechuguilla, a species that grows in the southwestern United States and Mexico; it contains sapotoxins that cause diarrhea, as well as a photodynamic substance that causes lechuguilla fever in sheep and goats …   Medical dictionary

  • swellhead — swell·head (swelґhed) 1. lechuguilla fever. 2. bighead (def. 2) …   Medical dictionary

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