shipping fever

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shipping fever

Any of various viral or bacterial diseases contracted by cattle and other ruminants especially during shipping or similarly stressful situations, characterized by fever, lack of appetite, and coughing.

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shipping fever - 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)

shipping pneumonia

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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Deaths are most often caused by respiratory disease, a condition known as "shipping fever" (VIANA et al., 2007; ROSA et al., 2013).

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Shipping fever in cattle and sheep, and enzootic pneumonia of sheep and goats are considered caused by Pasteurella multocida, alone or associated to other pathogens.

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They tracked down a single one, a male called Pete, who was to be put down after developing "shipping fever.'' But the Davises took him, and with help from veterinarians at Tufts, he was a hit with visitors to the farm for many years until he died of old age.

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Horses can lose up to 3kg an hour during a flight, and with Black Caviar having to endure a 30-hour journey from Melbourne to England, the connections of the horse were taking every precaution to safeguard her from dehydration and a potential shipping fever.