red water [`red `wȯd·ǝr] BIOLOGY See <<red tide>> VETERINARY MEDICINE 1. A babesiasis of cattle characterized by hematuria following release of hemoglobin by destruction of erythrocytes. 2. A chronic disease of cattle attributed to oxalic acid in the forage; hematuria results from escape of blood from lesions in the bladder. 3. An acute febrile septicemia of cattle, and sometimes horses, sheep, and swine, caused by the bacterium Clostridium hemolyticum and characterized by hemoglobinuria and sometimes intestinal hemorrhages. |