shipping fever

  • 1shipping fever — noun 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) (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑shipping pneumonia •… …

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  • 2shipping fever — ship·ping fever n an often fatal febrile disease esp. of young cattle and sheep that occurs under highly stressful conditions (as shipment over long distances and crowding in feedlots), is marked by high fever and pneumonia, and is caused by… …

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  • 3shipping fever — Vet. Pathol. a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock. * * * …

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  • 4shipping fever — noun A severe inflammation of the lungs of cattle, caused by a bacterium of the genus Pasteurella, sometimes seen following the stress of transport to market under poor conditions …

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  • 5shipping fever — /ˈʃɪpɪŋ fivə/ (say shiping feevuh) noun → haemorrhagic septicaemia …

  • 6shipping pneumonia — noun 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) • Syn: ↑shipping fever • Hypernyms: ↑animal… …

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  • 7stockyard fever — noun or stockyard pneumonia or stockyards pneumonia : shipping fever of cattle …

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  • 8stockyards fever — shipping f …

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  • 10shippingfever — 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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