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shipping fever

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shipping fever
n.
Any of various diseases contracted by cattle or other animals during shipping or similarly stressful events, especially one caused by bacteria of the genus Pasteurella, characterized by fever and coughing.
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Noun1.shipping fever - 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)
shipping pneumonia
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
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The malady has the potential to cause economic harm, not only to the stallion owner but to the breeding industry, as shipping fever can affect a stallion's sperm production.
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Also get with the vet on a receiving program to try to head off what is generally called shipping fever.
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That was Ulundi's first run since recovering from a bout of shipping fever which he suffered when sent to race in Hong Kong.
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