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crazy chick disease

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Medical Definition of crazy chick disease

: a disease of the nervous system of young chickens caused by inadequate intake of vitamin E and marked by severe muscular incoordination, tremors, and encephalomalacia followed by paralysis and by renal congestion and failure

— called also crazy chick

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“Crazy chick disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/crazy%20chick%20disease. Accessed 7 Mar. 2021.

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