| NOUN | state | shipping pneumonia, shipping fever | a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep |
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| Meaning | A 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). | |
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| Synonym | shipping fever | |
| Broader | animal disease | A disease that typically does not affect human beings |
| blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia | invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection | |
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