Texas fever
noun
: an infectious tick-borne disease of cattle caused by a protozoan (Babesia bigemina) that multiplies in the blood and destroys the red blood cells
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Texas fever
noun
Tex·as fever
ˈtek-səs- 
: an infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tick and caused by a sporozoan of the genus Babesia (B. bigemina) that multiplies in the blood and destroys red blood cells
called also cattle-tick fever, Texas cattle fever
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