shipping fever
Noun
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A deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep;
Involves high fever and pneumonia;
Contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market) (synset 114296122)is a type of:- blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia - invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
- animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings
same as: shipping pneumonia
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