单词 | red-leg disease |
释义 | > as lemmasred-leg disease 3. A disease of frogs and other amphibians characterized by erythema of the ventral surface of the hind legs, often with skin ulceration and systemic haemorrhages, typically resulting from bacterial or fungal septicaemia. Also more fully red-leg disease. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of reptiles > [noun] goitre1834 red-leg1905 mouth rot1946 1905 H. Emerson & C. Norris in Jrnl. Exper. Med. 7 34 The name often given to the disease in these letters is ‘red-leg’, and this is also the name used by the frog-catchers. 1942 Jrnl. Bacteriol. 44 673 (title) Further studies on Proteus hydrophilus, the etiological agent in ‘red leg’ disease of frogs. 1964 G. Durrell Menagerie Manor iii. 75 I sent them [sc. toads] away for post-mortem, and the report came back that they were suffering from an obscure disease called red-leg. 2003 Seminars Avian & Exotic Pet Med. 12 81/1 It is no longer sufficient to gaze at the underside of [a] sick frog for evidence of hyperemia to render a ubiquitous (and often incorrect) diagnosis of ‘red leg’. < as lemmas |
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