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Texas fever

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Texas fever
n.
An infectious disease of cattle first identified in Texas, characterized by high fever, anemia, and emaciation and caused by a parasitic protozoan (Babesia bigemina) that is transmitted by cattle ticks.
Texas fever
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) Vet science another name for blackwater fever
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Noun1.Texas fever - an infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tickTexas fever - an infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tick
animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings
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Some of the diseases are almost unheard of today, including tuberculosis, foot and mouth disease, cow pox and Texas fever.
Veterinary medicine in the 1800s by Belanger, J.D. / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Texas fever can kill up to 90 percent of yearling and adult cattle.
Two ticks carry parasites harmful to cows and deer by Nutrition Health Review
 
 
 
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