Texas fever

English edit

Etymology edit

Cattle from Texas, themselves not showing signs of infection, spread this disease to the Midwestern USA.

Noun edit

Texas fever (uncountable)

(pathology) A tick-borne disease of cattle caused by the parasite Babesia bigemina.

Synonyms edit

pyrosomal disease (archaic)
Texas cattle fever

Hypernyms edit

(disease caused by Babesia bigemina): babesiosis

References edit

Texas fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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