Meaning & use
Garget
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A veterinary term for inflammation of the udder in cows, sheep, or other livestock, usually caused by infection.
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The vet prescribed antibiotics once she confirmed the cow had garget.
Untreated garget can reduce a dairy cow's milk yield significantly.
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"Garget" is an older, chiefly rural term that has largely been replaced in modern veterinary medicine by "mastitis," though it survives in traditional farming vocabulary.
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