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black-water fever

noun

  1. vet science a form of babesiosis seen in cattle, deer, bison, water buffalo, African buffalo, and reindeer; characterized by fever, depression, jaundice, dark red-black discolouration of the urine, anaemia, and death Also calledTexas fever
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A few days later Randall developed black-water fever and died.

He had been a long while recovering from the wound that had crippled him, and from the black-water fever.

Malarial and black-water fever are prevalent in Dar-es-Salaam.

"We've got black-water fever on board now, Brasse," he said in a weary voice.

We are surrounded by mangrove swamps, and they breed mosquitos, and consequently malaria and black-water fever.

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