Noun: 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)
"Several cattle developed shipping fever after the long journey to the auction";
- shipping pneumonia
Derived forms: shipping fevers
Type of: animal disease, blood poisoning, septicaemia [Brit, Cdn], septicemia [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Shipping fever