lechuguilla fever

noun

variants or less commonly lechuguilla poisoning

: a serious intoxication occurring in sheep and goats in the southwestern U.S. as a result of their feeding on a lechuguilla (Agave lecheguilla) and involving necrosis of the liver and kidney accompanied by jaundice and in light-skinned animals photosensitization and dermatitis

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