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Texas fever

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Texas fever [′tek·səs ‚fē·vər]
(veterinary medicine)
A tick-borne infectious disease of cattle caused by the parasiteBabesia annulatuswhich invades erythrocytes; characterized by fever, hemoglobinuria, and splenomegaly.


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Texas fever can kill up to 90 percent of yearling and adult cattle.
 
 
 
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