• louping-ill
• louping

FromScotsloup(“to leap”), since affected sheep would spring into the air.

enPR:louping ĭl orenPR:lōping ĭl

loupingill (uncountable)

1. Anenzootic and oftenfatal viraldisease ofsheep and other domestic animals, spread byticks. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less completeparalysis. The principallesion is aninflammation of themembranes covering thebrain andspinal cord.

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