worm burden recovery

English translation: recovery after losing weight due to worms

16:24 Nov 26, 2008
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English term or phrase: worm burden recovery
The addition of yeast means the product is also beneficial in older dogs, or to assist dogs with weight gain and worm burden recovery. It is presented as a tasty pellet for easy addition to food.
Jianming Sun
Local time: 20:38
Selected answer:recovery after losing weight due to worms
Explanation:
Animals can lose weight if their guts have become infested with worms. Once the worms have been killed off with a worm pill, or some other other treatment, then the animal needs to regain weight and correct any deficiencies that may have developed.
So these pellets are basically a food supplement to help build dogs up that have lost weight for some reason.
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Mark Nathan
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Local time: 13:38
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5recovery after losing weight due to worms
Mark Nathan
4 +1The number of worms an individual host carries as a mean munber, and recovery from a high count
Demi Ebrite
3treatment of worms
Lalit Sati
3rétablissement après infestation de vers
Jenny w


  

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treatment of worms


Explanation:
worm burden
(Science: epidemiology) The number of worms an individual host carries. Sometimes directly measurable ( ascaris ), sometimes only indirectly (schistosomiasis).
(http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Worm_burden)

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Lalit Sati
India
Local time: 18:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Demi Ebrite: schistomosimiasis is a rare disease, I imagine its use in the definition was specific to the author - ascaris is the roundworm, and that could well apply here in a different context. : )
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The number of worms an individual host carries as a mean munber, and recovery from a high count


Explanation:
Definition: worm burden

The number of worms an individual host carries. Sometimes directly measurable, sometimes only indirectly.

In the context given, the reference to 'worm burden recovery' implies that the yeast ingredient in the product assists in the animal's recovery from a case of worms, presumably some gastro-intestinal parasite.



    Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1852493
Demi Ebrite
United States
Local time: 07:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Elizabeth Lyons: This is the exact definition of worm burden.
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rétablissement après infestation de vers


Explanation:
'Burden' seems a strange word to use here but I guess they're talking about the debilitating effects that intestinal worms can have on a dog.

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Note added at 20 mins (2008-11-26 16:45:01 GMT)
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Just noticed we are in English to English !! So just ignore me.

Jenny w
France
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recovery after losing weight due to worms


Explanation:
Animals can lose weight if their guts have become infested with worms. Once the worms have been killed off with a worm pill, or some other other treatment, then the animal needs to regain weight and correct any deficiencies that may have developed.
So these pellets are basically a food supplement to help build dogs up that have lost weight for some reason.

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you all for helpinng!

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agree  Trudy Peters: That's how I see it
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agree  Jack Doughty
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agree  Anita du Plessis
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agree  Elizabeth Lyons: Very odd wording...
9 hrs

agree  Phong Le
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