1. A disease of cattle and other livestock characterized by inflammation of the udder.
Usage: veterinary; also called mastitis
2. A disease of plants, especially pokeweed, characterized by a reddish discoloration.
Usage: botany; regional

1. To affect (livestock) with garget; to cause inflammation of the udder in.
Usage: veterinary; transitive

Examples

• The farmer treated the cow's garget with antibiotics.
• Garget can significantly reduce milk production in dairy herds.
• Poor milking hygiene may garget the udders of cattle.
• The veterinarian diagnosed garget in three cows on the farm.
• Proper sanitation helps prevent garget in livestock.