dünnbreiiger Kot

English translation: thin semifluid feces

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German term or phrase:dünnbreiiger Kot
English translation:thin semifluid feces
Entered by: Cetacea

17:13 Sep 28, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
German term or phrase: dünnbreiiger Kot
Bereits bei den ersten Anzeichen von dünnbreiigem Kot sollte das Energetikum verabreicht werden. -----------
Es handelt sich dabei um ein Mittel für Kälber, Ferkel etc.
monimar
thin semifluid feces
Explanation:
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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Cetacea
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Summary of answers provided
4thin semifluid feces
Cetacea
4 -1Loose manure
lindaellen (X)
3soft, mushy stool
Bernhard Sulzer
3 -1watery f(a)eces
Christine Lam


  

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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Loose manure


Explanation:
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.

lindaellen (X)
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Armorel Young: Kot is faeces - it's not manure until you use it as a fertilizer
44 mins
  -> 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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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
watery f(a)eces


Explanation:
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

Christine Lam
Local time: 14:04
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  NGK: I don't think that's the same thing; there is dickbreiig, mittelbreiig, dünnbreiig, suppig, and wässrig (Google for reference)
33 mins
  -> ok, please see my amended answer
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soft, mushy stool


Explanation:

Siehe:
http://www.bigpawsonly.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=95d127fa581de...

Bernhard Sulzer
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Native speaker of: German
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
thin semifluid feces


Explanation:
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.



    Reference: http://www.vetpathology.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/2/73
Cetacea
Switzerland
Local time: 20:04
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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