Texas Fever

Texas fever
n.
An infectious disease of cattle first identified in Texas, characterized by high fever, anemia, and emaciation and caused by a parasitic protozoan (Babesia bigemina) that is transmitted by cattle ticks.

This is not to be associated with any form of homosexual activities

"Did you hear about those cows"
"Yeah I heard they caught texas fever"

"hmm must have been those ticks"