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Herding Sheep with Bill There was no contradicting his calendar Of superstitions – the feast of some saint or other The sheep had to be herded off the mountain, Culled and counted, dipped and Doctored with shots for blackleg. —
Hartford Courant, courant.com, 11 Mar. 2018
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Hartford Courant, courant.com, 11 Mar. 2018
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blackleg
noun
black·leg ˈblak-ˌleg, -ˌlāg 
: an enzootic usually fatal toxemia especially of young cattle caused by toxins produced by an anaerobic soil bacterium of the genus Clostridium (C. chauvoei synonym C. feseri)
called also black quarter, quarter evil, quarter ill, symptomatic anthrax
compare black disease, malignant edema
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