black-water fever

noun

vet science a form of babesiosis seen in cattle, deer, bison, water buffalo, African buffalo, and reindeer; characterized by fever, depression, jaundice, dark red-black discolouration of the urine, anaemia, and death Also calledTexas fever

A few days later Randall developed black-water fever and died.

He had been a long while recovering from the wound that had crippled him, and from the black-water fever.

Malarial and black-water fever are prevalent in Dar-es-Salaam.

"We've got black-water fever on board now, Brasse," he said in a weary voice.

We are surrounded by mangrove swamps, and they breed mosquitos, and consequently malaria and black-water fever.

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