NOUN
- any of several disease of livestock marked by fever and edema of the respiratory tract
How To Use catarrhal fever In A Sentence
- catarrhal fever is any of several respiratory or oral diseases of livestock such as bluetongue in horses and sheep
- In a recent study, a high percentage of the African oryx in New Mexico -- which were first introduced to the White Sands Missile Range in the late 1960s -- tested positive for exposure to a new form of malignant catarrhal fever (MCF). Are New Mexico's Imported Oryx a Threat to Mule Deer?
- They've developed new tests for detecting and correctly identifying the disease, known as malignant catarrhal fever, or MCF.