mud fever

mud fever
mud fever n
1) a chapped inflamed condition of the skin of the legs and belly of a horse due to irritation from mud or drying resulting from washing off mud spatters and closely related or identical in nature to grease heel
2) BLUE COMB
3) a mild leptospirosis that occurs chiefly in European agricultural and other workers in wet soil, is caused by infection with a spirochete of the genus Leptospira (L. grippotyphosa) present in native field mice, and is marked by fever and headache without accompanying jaundice

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1. a type of leptospirosis seen in Germany and Russia, affecting workers in flooded fields or in swamps. Called also autumn f., marsh f., and swamp f. 2. a disease of horses consisting of dermatophilosis, leptospirosis, and greasy heel.

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