A disorder characterized by abnormal gait and other neurological signs, seen sporadically in sheep and cattle grazing on Phalaris species, especially on new growths of P. tuberosa.
Origin
1940s.
Definition of phalaris staggers in US English:
phalaris staggers
noun
Medicine
A disorder characterized by abnormal gait and other neurological signs, seen sporadically in sheep and cattle grazing on Phalaris species, especially on new growths of P. tuberosa.