Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

"off colour" in this context

Portuguese translation:

doença, enfermidade

Added to glossary by Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
May 3, 2010 07:02
14 yrs ago
English term

"off colour" in this context

English to Portuguese Tech/Engineering Food & Drink
Cattle
Redwater in cattle, and particularly in calves, strongly
suggests infection with Leptospira pomona. Calves as
young as two or three weeks of age can become affected.
Symptoms develop suddenly and include deep red urine,
decreased activity, rapid breathing, anaemia and pale,
slightly yellow membranes lining the mouth and vagina.
Young unweaned calves may be “off-colour” at one feed
and dead before the next. Not all severely affected animals
die, however, and the symptoms of redwater may pass
after a few days.
http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/DPI/nreninf.nsf/v/6ABD5240FF670C95...$file/Leptospirosis_in_Cattle_Pigs_Sheep_Goats_Horses_and_Humans.pdf

For about the last 10 years I have fed max of 2L per feed and when i started this it dropped dietory scours significantly ( use supastart or an equivalent)+ 5 ml performance gel at birth, and at any sign of being off colour, or after antibiotic treatment
have had a problem with rotovirus/ salmonella the last few years and have been advised by the vet not to take them off milk but give extra feeds of electrolytes at least 2 hrs after milk feed ( otherwise it inhibits milk digestion). Last 2 years have sprayed the shed with Virkon S and spread Stalosan F while calves are in the shed which has helped reduce the salmonella and Rotovirus calves get feed 2x daily till 3 weeks old then daily till weaning with adlib fresh water, hay and grain/pellts from day one. they get green feed once agistment is available which can vary from Jan till june ( in the drought). have found leaving calves on dry feed till 4- 6months old less trouble with parasites( worms /fluke) running at about 50% heifers ( want a loan of my straw spanner Rohan?)
http://www.jersey.com.au/cgi-bin/cutecast/cutecast.pl?sessio...
Change log

May 5, 2010 09:54: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun Created KOG entry

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doença, enfermidade

Cambridge:
# off-colour adjective ILL
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida : Creio que é mais indisposto do que doente ou enfermo...
12 mins
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agree cristinamarinho
33 mins
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agree Isabel Maria Almeida
54 mins
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agree Luiza Modesto : off-colour: somewhat ill or prone to illness
6 hrs
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agree Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
13 hrs
Obrigado
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Muito obrigada"
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pálidos

diria assim
penso que se queira ressaltar a rapidez
estão apenas pálidos, mas falecem antes do dia seguinte
HTH

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-03 08:58:54 GMT)
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pálidos no sentido de apenas indispostos
Peer comment(s):

agree Marlene Curtis
1 hr
Marlene, grato. Antonio
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indispostos / passando mal

sug.

to not be feeling as well as usual
"He had flu a couple of months ago and he's been a bit off-colour ever since."
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006.

Not in good health or spirits.

ill, poorly (informal), sick, funny (informal), run down, under par, queer, unhealthy, washed out, unwell, queasy, out of sorts, under the weather (informal), off form, indisposed, peaky, not up to par, green about the gills, peely-wally (Scot.)

"He felt off-colour but did not have any dramatic symptoms."
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