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lumpy jaw

noun

Pathology, Veterinary Pathology.


lumpy jaw

noun

  1. vet science a nontechnical name for actinomycosis
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Origin of lumpy jaw1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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Noticing that some tumors afflicting horses and cattle occasionally disappeared spontaneously, he injected horses with Actinomyces bovis, the bacterium that causes a condition called “lumpy jaw.â€

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There are some diseases, as, for instance, Texas fever and rabies, which are caused by a minute animal parasite known as protozoa, while others again, like lumpy jaw and aspergillosis, are caused by fungi.

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Young cattle that are replacing and erupting their teeth are most prone to "lumpy jaw."

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Some of my cows have hard lumps on their jaws, or lumpy jaw.

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In the United States, where the disease is known as "lumpy jaw" the jawbone is commonly affected.

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