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red water

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) a disease of cattle caused by the protozoan Babesia (or Piroplasma) bovis, which destroys the red blood cells, characterized by the passage of red or blackish urine. It is transmitted by tick bites

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) any of various other animal diseases characterized by haematuria

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red water - a disease of cattle; characterized by hematuria

animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings

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animal disease disease pheno-safranine phenol red saffranine Safranin safranine			As I stood sick and confused I saw again the moving thing upon the shoal--there was no mistake now that it was a moving thing--against the red water of the sea. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context What is more, this lot were thoroughly "salted," that is, they had worked all over South Africa, and so had become proof, comparatively speaking, against red water, which so frequently destroys whole teams of oxen when they get on to strange "veldt" or grass country. King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context 255) mentions red water off Lima, apparently produced by the same cause. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context			red silver fir red siskin red snapper red snow Red softening red sorrel red spider red spider mite Red Spot red sprites red spruce Red Square red squill red squirrel red state Red Sun red supergiant Red Tai red tape red tide red trillium red underwing red valerian Red viper Red vitriol red water red willow red wine red wolf red worm red-backed lemming red-backed mouse red-backed sandpiper red-backed shrike red-bellied black snake Red-bellied perch red-bellied snake red-bellied terrapin red-bellied turtle red-berried red-berried elder red-berry red-blind red-blindness red-blooded red-breasted merganser red-breasted nuthatch red-breasted sapsucker red-breasted snipe red-brick red-brown			Red Trade Union International red trillium red trillium Red Turban Rebellion Red Turbans Red Turbans Rebellion of 1351–68 Red Ukrainian red underwing red urine red urine red urine red urine disease red valerian red valerians red valerians red valerians Red Vein Thai Red Violet Red Violet Red Violet Red Violet Briennaron Sky Red viper Red vitriol Red vitriol Red vitriol Red Vs Blue Red Waistcoat Festival Red Wanting Blue Red wasp Red wasps red water Red Water Disease Red Water Tragedy Red watermelon Red watermelon red wattle bird Red Wattlebird Red White Valve Corp Red White Zone red white-dwarf star Red Whortleberry Red wiggler Red wiggler Red wiggler red willow Red Willow County Red Willow County, NE Red Willow County, Nebraska Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area red wine red wine red wine red wine Red Wine Audio Red wine headache Red Wine Phenolic Compound Red Wine Polyphenol Extract Red wine vinegar Red wine vinegar Red wine vinegar Red wines

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