biliary fever, noun phrase

Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Perhaps translation of Afrikaans galkoors, gal bile + koors fever.
Pathology
Either of two tick-borne diseases characterized by fever and jaundice. a. In horses: equine piroplasmosis, caused by the blood parasite Babesia equi and transmitted by the red tick Rhipicephalus evertsi. b. In dogs: canine piroplasmosis, caused by the blood parasite Babesia canis and transmitted by the common dog tick Haemaphysalis leachi and a species of brown tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. In speech often shortened to biliary. Cf. tick-bite fever.
1905 D. Hutcheon in Flint & Gilchrist Science in S. Afr. 344Equine piroplasmosis, commonly known throughout South Africa as Biliary fever, was first observed in Natal in 1883 by Wiltshire, who named the malady Anthrax Fever.
1937 Handbk for Farmers (Dept of Agric. & Forestry) 503Biliary fever is a name applied to a disease in dogs and two distinct diseases in horses, all caused by different parasites which closely resemble the redwater parasite of cattle...Biliary fever in horses is caused by two different kinds of parasites, of which, however, only one is frequent in South Africa.
1974 R. Clark in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. X. 302Protozoal diseases, Biliary Fever (Afk. galkoors) is a term used to describe certain diseases which affect horses and dogs and which are transmitted by ticks.
1978 Argus 7 Apr. 8The disease attacked the liver, and first indications were a rise in temperature. The symptoms were similar to those of biliary.
1979 T. Gutsche There Was a Man 264He mentioned the astonishing discovery that Trypan Blue used for staining, had proved a specific against biliary fever.
1989 J. du P. Bothma Game Ranch Management 183Babesiosis is the scientific name of the diseases that are known as redwater in cattle and biliary fever in dogs and horses. The parasites (Babesia species) occur in the red blood cells of the hosts and cause severe anaemia, with concurrent high fever, listlessness and jaundice.
1991 J.B. Walker in Onderstepoort Jrnl of Vet. Research Vol.58 No.2, 87Thus far the only Haemaphysalis species in southern Africa known to be a vector of any pathogens in H. leachi. It transmits Babesia canis, causing canine biliary fever, a disease that is frequently fatal.
In horses: equine piroplasmosis, caused by the blood parasite Babesia equi and transmitted by the red tick Rhipicephalus evertsi.
In dogs: canine piroplasmosis, caused by the blood parasite Babesia canis and transmitted by the common dog tick Haemaphysalis leachi and a species of brown tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. In speech often shortened to biliary.
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