shipping fever

/ˌʃɪpɪŋ ˌfivər/
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Definitions of shipping fever
  1. noun
    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 pneumonia
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    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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