HyperDic: shipping_fever

English > 1 sense of the expression shipping fever:
NOUNstateshipping fever, shipping pneumoniaa deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep
English > shipping fever: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens / happens when the animals are shipped to market).
Synonymshipping pneumonia
Broaderanimal diseaseA disease that typically does not affect human beings
blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemiainvasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection

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