Meanings
- pluralsingularbiologyAny of various conditions in which an animal drools excessively (for example due to mycotoxicosis or problems with its teeth).
The slobbers are caused by this second growth, whether green or dry.
1842, New England Farmer, and Horticultural Register, page 2995 more examples
Slobbers are also caused by irregular teeth, the lodgement of corncobs or other foreign substances between the teeth. SYMPTOMS: -Persistent excessive discharge of saliva, or frothy mass exuding from the mouth. Great desire[…]
1902, The Veterinary Compendium: A Compendium of Practical and Useful Information. A Treatise on the Diseases, Symptoms and Remedies of Live Stock, page 61"Slobbers" is caused by an oversupply of gastric juice in the stomach. Be sure the rabbit has plenty of salt.
1919, Washington State University. Western Washington Experiment Station, Puyallup, Bulletin, page 99[…] swainsonine might be a contributory mycotoxin accounting for some of the symptoms in naturally occurring outbreaks of slobbers. This is a particularly important observation because it has often been noticed that pure slaframine does[…]
1989 August 31, Peter R. Cheeke, Toxicants of Plant Origin: Alkaloids, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 260Some outbreaks of slobbers have been associated with forage grasses; however, no causal fungus has as yet been isolated[…] The connection between R. leguminicola and slobbers was made when the Wisconsin group (Smalley et al., 1962) isolated R. leguminicola from slobber hay. The slobber factor was soon isolated from two different strains of the fungus[…]
2012 December 6, Gerald C. Llewellyn, Charles E. O'Rear, Biodeterioration Research 1, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, pages 135-136Slobbers is a symptom of another problem, such as an abscessed tooth or contaminated hay.
2015 April 21, Sue Weaver, Ann Larkin Hansen, Cherie Langlois, Arie McFarlen, Chris McLaughlin, Hobby Farm Animals: A Comprehensive Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Rabbits, Goats, Pigs, Sheep, and Cattle, CompanionHouse Books, →ISBN
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of slobber
- pluralplural of slobber
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