Braxy

(braks'-e). A term applied to certain forms of blood-disease, as anthrax in sheep. Three forms are recognized by shepherds: a, turnip; b, wet; c, red. B., Red, a form of septicemia in sheep in which the ti ues are uniformly stained of a deepred color by the coloring-matter of the blood. B., Turnip, a form of malnutrition of the blood occurring in sheep that are fed on an unlimited supply of roots, particularly of swedes. The attack is sudden in onset, short in duration, and fatal in termination. See Bacillus anthracis, Pollen der and Davaine, under Bacteria, Synonymatic Table of.