cornstalk disease

noun

variants or less commonly cornstalk poisoning

1

: a severe frequently fatal intoxication of cattle fed on corn fodder that resembles pasteurellosis but is usually considered due to abnormalities in the nitrogen content of the fodder

2

: an acute encephalitic disease of horses fed on moldy corn fodder

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