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shipping pneumonia

DEFINITIONS OF: shipping pneumonia

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n a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market)

Synonyms:
shipping fever
Type of:
blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia
invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
animal disease
a disease that typically does not affect human beings
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