Texas fever

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Texas fever (uncountable)

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

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