Texas fever

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tick-borne disease of cattle caused by the parasite Babesia bigemina. uncountable
  2. 2
    an infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tick wordnet

Etymology

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

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