| 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) (Freq. 6)
 • Syn:
 shipping pneumonia
 • Hypernyms:
 animal disease, blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia
 
 
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