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Definition of Scours
1. Noun. Diarrhea in livestock.
Definition of Scours
1. Noun. (context: veterinary medicine) Diarrhea in horses and cattle caused by intestinal infection. ¹
2. Noun. (dated) A place where wool was washed and cleaned. ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of scour) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scours
1. scour [v] - See also: scour
Medical Definition of Scours
1. Neonatal diarrhoea in ruminants. Origin: M.E. Scuren, to rush Calf scours, a diarrhoeal disease of newborn calves caused by several different enteropathogens, particularly the bacterium Escherichia coli; two syndromes are recognised, acute disease characterised by dehydration and rapid death and subacute disease characterised by persistent diarrhoea and emaciation. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scours
Literary usage of Scours
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1912)
"White scours of newly born is an acute, contagious, infectious disease affecting
... S and 1905) have cleared the etiology of white scours in most points. ..."
2. The Modern Horse Doctor: Containing Practical Observations on the Causes by George H. Dadd (1856)
"As the disease, in all probability, is not peculiar to that region, we propose
to give the reader our opinion on that subject. In the treatment of scours, ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... the timorous prey scours moss and moor, and holt and hill ; Hard run, he feels
his strength decay, And trusts for life his simple skill. ..."
4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"The tyrant, in a fright, for shelter gains The neighb'ring fields, and scours
along the plains. Howling he fled, and fain he would have spoke, ..."
5. Modern Sheep: Breeds and Management by William James Clarke (1907)
"The following treatment will be found valuable for white scours in lambs: ...
The dam of the lamb suffering from white scours, or any other trouble for that ..."
6. Pork-production by William Wesley Smith, Robert Alexander Craig (1920)
"... carefully adjusted and the trough frequently cleaned. These points are of
special importance in eliminating one of the common causes of scours. scours. ..."
7. Pork-production by William Wesley Smith, Robert Alexander Craig (1920)
"... carefully adjusted and the trough frequently cleaned. These points are of
special importance in eliminating one of the common causes of scours. scours. ..."
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