lick (redirected from Lick (disambiguation))

lick

1. a stroke with the tongue, normally used in cleaning the coat or ingesting a substance from a flat surface. See also licking.

2. a mixture of salt plus other macro-elements, especially phosphorus, trace elements, vitamins and other feed additives, fed loosely in a box in the field or indoor housing. The objective is to get the animals to ingest small amounts daily by licking the mixture; salt hungry cattle may eat larger amounts. May be consolidated into a block which encourages licking. Called also mineral mix.

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acral lick dermatitis

see acral lick dermatitis.

lick dermatitis

see lick granuloma (below).

feline lick granuloma

see feline eosinophilic granuloma complex.

lick granuloma

called also lick dermatitis; see acral lick dermatitis.