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Descriptor English:   Milk Sickness 
Descriptor Spanish:   Enfermedad de la Leche 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Doença do Leite 
Synonyms English:   Sickness, Milk  
Tree Number:   C25.723.756.600
Definition English:   An acute, often fatal disease caused by the ingestion of milk, milk products, or the flesh of cattle or sheep which have a disease known as trembles. It is marked by weakness, anorexia, vomiting, constipation, and sometimes muscular tremors. It is caused by poisoning by white snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) and the rayless goldenrod (Haplopappus heterophyllus). (From Dorland, 27th ed) 
Indexing Annotation English:   a form of plant pois: see MeSH definition
History Note English:   95; was see PLANT POISONING 1979-94; was see under PLANT POISONING 1968-78; was heading 1963-67 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification CO complications
CN congenital DI diagnosis
DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   32144 
Unique Identifier:   D018602 

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