English
Detailed Synonyms for shipping fever in English
shipping fever:
shipping fever [the ~] noun
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the shipping fever
– 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) 1the shipping fever; the shipping pneumonia– 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) 1