Texas fever

noun

1. babesiosis of cattle.

Texas fever

noun

1. vet science another name for blackwater fever

Word History and Origins

Origin of Texas fever¹

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

“I know little about this town, but I already have seen and heard enough of the Republic to cool my Texas fever,” he wrote his bishop.

From Washington Times

To keep the "wintered" ones from catching the "Texas fever," Mr. Moore put them all on the Plains, leaving the new arrivals on the north side of the river.

From Project Gutenberg

The Indian was not the only risk—there was the prairie fire, the Texas fever, and numerous other dangers confronting one at every step.

From Project Gutenberg

Cattle, for instance, are immune to typhoid and yellow fever, while man shows high resistance to rinderpest and Texas fever; both, however, are susceptible to tuberculosis, to which goats are immune.

From Project Gutenberg

Spleen of an acute, fatal case of Texas fever.

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