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- participlepastsimple past and past participle of salmon
- archaicnot comparablerareHaving salmon poisoning disease.
Some owners purposely try to feed infected fish and institute early sulfonamide therapy to produce solid immunity in the “salmoned” dog.
1955, “Salmon Poisoning”, in The Merck Veterinary Manual […], Rahway, N.J.: Merck & Co., →OCLC, pages 370–3712 more examples
A sportsman wishes to know if any one has a cure for salmoned dogs. He has a young dog which promises to be a good one, and as salmon are soon to be up the creeks he wants to be prepared. There is no specific cure for salmoned dogs.
1894 November 18, The Portland Oregonian, “Raw Salmon Poisonous to Dogs”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCHaving regard to the gentleman’s location (Oregon) and the season of the year it is probable that this dog had been eating a salmon that had died after spawning, which in a great number of instances seem to poison the dog, very often fatally. This is just a line in case this question of a “salmoned dog,” as it is known, has not come under your notice, and is not meant in any critical sense whatsoever.
1924 November, W. B. Boyce, “Salmoned Dogs”, in Outdoor Life, Denver, Colo.: Outdoor Life Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 409, column 2
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