black-water fever

British  

noun

1. Also called: Texas fever.  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

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Example Sentences

It quickly became pernicious, and developed into black-water fever.

From South Sea Tales by London, Jack

"And this time it will get me: just one or two little chills," he reflected, thinking of black-water fever.

From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French

I was minding Tommy Dennison at about this time—a jaundiced-coloured skeleton in a very bad way with black-water fever.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

To allow the foetid fresh water to dry on them would be courting a speedy attack of black-water fever.

From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

They had gained an outpost fort where, ever since, Parr had lain hovering between life and death, not only crippled by his wounds, but also stricken with the black-water fever.

From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French