Texas fever
Look at other dictionaries:
Texas fever — ☆ Texas fever n. an infectious disease of cattle caused by various sporozoans (genus Babesia) that invade the red blood cells and are carried by various ticks (esp. genus Boophilus); babesiosis … English World dictionary
Texas Fever — Infobox Album Name = Texas Fever Type = studio Longtype = Artist = Orange Juice Released = March, 1984 Recorded = Genre = Post punk Length = Label = Polydor Producer = Dennis Bovell (except A Sad Lament produced by Martin Hayles). Reviews = Last… … Wikipedia
Texas fever tick — n a cattle tick of the genus Boophilus (B. annulatus) … Medical dictionary
Texas Fever (novel) — Infobox Book name = Texas Fever title orig = translator = image caption = Paperback original author = Donald Hamilton illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = subject = genre = Western novel publisher =… … Wikipedia
texas fever tick — noun Usage: usually capitalized T : a cattle tick (Boophilus annulatus) * * * Texas fever tick, the tick that transmits Texas fever; cattle tick … Useful english dictionary
Texas fever — Tex·as fever tek səs n 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… … Medical dictionary
Texas fever — noun Date: 1866 an infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tick and caused by a protozoan (Babesia bigemina) that multiplies in the blood and destroys the red blood cells … New Collegiate Dictionary
Texas fever — babesiosis of cattle. [1815 25, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
Texas fever — Tex′as fe′ver n. vet babesiosis of cattle • Etymology: 1865–70, amer … From formal English to slang
Texas fever — A contagious or infectious disease of cattle. 4 Am J2d Am § 38 … Ballentine's law dictionary
