General agriculture

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Marketing year

Agriculture; General agriculture

The 12-month period beginning just after harvest during which a crop may be sold domestically, exported, or put into reserve stocks. Compare "crop year."

A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) of deer and elk characterised by chronic weight loss leading to death. It is thought to spread by direct contact between animals or through ...

Cachexia

Agriculture; General agriculture

A profound and marked state of constitutional disorder, general ill health, malnutrition, and weight loss.

Cocoons

Agriculture; General agriculture

The silk coverings of pupae which are spun by larvae.

Capsid

Agriculture; General agriculture

The outer shell of a virus particle that encloses the viral genome.

Anthrax

Agriculture; General agriculture

An acute infection caused by the spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis. It commonly affects hoofed animals such as sheep and goats. Infection in humans often involves the skin (cutaneous ...

Antiserum

Agriculture; General agriculture

Serum that contains antibodies. It is obtained from an animal that has been immunised either by antigen injection or infection with microorganisms containing the antigen.