unthriftiness
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This results in unthriftiness caused by imperfect digestion and assimilation of the feed.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
The worst faults of Miss Sheppard's worst style are reproduced here, joined to an unthriftiness in which she had no part nor lot.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various
Stiles reported extreme anaemia, unthriftiness and many deaths among cattle in a certain section of Texas, due to extensive infection with the Uncinaria radialus.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
The symptoms occasioned by it are rather obscure and are such as might arise from a number of other causes, namely, colicky pains, depraved appetite, diarrhea or constipation, and general unthriftiness.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
The symptoms are rather vague as a rule, but the general result is a condition of unthriftiness.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.