Texas fever

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Texas fever (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• pyrosomal disease (archaic)
• Texas cattle fever

Hypernyms

• (disease caused by Babesia bigemina): babesiosis

References

• Texas fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia