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Broxy

Broxy was a term invented by a butcher to describe any kind of meat, usually sheep, that had dropped dead of disease. Broxys were cheaper, so poor people who couldn’t afford other types of fresh meat bought it. Unfortunately, meat was much more expensive during the Victorian era than it is nowadays and the most common source of protein as well.

The most common diseases that can cause death in these animals are tetanus, toxoplasmosis, scabby, salmonella, cryptosporidia, ringworm, Q-fever, and campylobacter infections. All of these diseases can be transmitted to humans if they eat broxy.