shipping fever

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

shipping pneumonia

equine distemper

hemorrhagic septicaemia

stockyard fever

bovine pasteurellosis

stockyard pneumonia

bovine haemorrhagic septicaemia

Translations

septicémie hémorragique bovine

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