hemorrhagic septicemia of cattle

hemorrhagic septicemia of cattle
infection of cattle with Pasteurella multocida, characterized by sudden fever, salivation, nervous prostration, pneumonia, subcutaneous petechiae or hemorrhages, and often death within a few days.

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  • hemorrhagic septicemia — noun an acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection • Syn: ↑pasteurellosis • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease * * * noun : pasteurellosis of domestic animals usually due to a bacterium (Pasteurella multocida) and typically… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • shipping fever — 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) (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑shipping pneumonia •… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Mannheimia haemolytica — a species that is part of the normal flora of cattle and sheep and is the etiologic agent of hemorrhagic septicemia in sheep and goats, shipping fever in cattle, and a choleralike disease in fowl; it occasionally is found in human infections.… …   Medical dictionary

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