Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

dünnbreiiger Kot

English translation:

thin semifluid feces

Added to glossary by Cetacea
Sep 28, 2006 17:13
17 yrs ago
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German term

dünnbreiiger Kot

German to English Other Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Bereits bei den ersten Anzeichen von dünnbreiigem Kot sollte das Energetikum verabreicht werden. -----------
Es handelt sich dabei um ein Mittel für Kälber, Ferkel etc.

Proposed translations

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thin semifluid feces

Since "breiig" is pasty or semifluid, I'd suggest to use "thin semifluid", as the feces of cattle are not very firm to begin with.
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Loose manure

In people with diarrhea this is called "loose stools" which is a not as watery as "thin watery stools". I can't help you for animals. but this may be a starting point for your own research.
Peer comment(s):

disagree Armorel Young : Kot is faeces - it's not manure until you use it as a fertilizer
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You are right about the Kot/Faeces - I was concentrating on the idea of loose vs. watery, and in humans, physicians differentiate,
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watery f(a)eces

Water makes up approximately 75% of the total body weight of a baby calf. A scouring calf can lose 5-10% of its body weight from watery feces in one day. ...
www.milkproductsinc.com/html/frontlineNewsletter/archive/sc... - 17k

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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-09-28 20:19:39 GMT)
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ok, Gunter, you may have a point. Why not call it
mushy f(a)eces
Thieme gives mushy, pulpy and pasty for breiig and here is a reference too
Mushy feces may also indicate a need for administration of another couple doses of CTs (this is be covered more fully in part two in the Winter 2000 issue ...
www.squirrelworld.com/RabRehab.html - 45k
Peer comment(s):

disagree NGK : I don't think that's the same thing; there is dickbreiig, mittelbreiig, dünnbreiig, suppig, and wässrig (Google for reference)
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ok, please see my amended answer
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soft, mushy stool

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