David I may be wrong but don't think it is the same thing that sheep and cattle get which is malignant catarrhal fever. One site I found said that that malignant catarrhal fever cannot be transferred to humans.. Check out the web site below. If I understand correctly from this web site, catarrhal fever in humans is a type of flu. http://www.quinion.com/words/topicalwords/tw-inf1.htm Carlton W. David Daugherty wrote: > Everyone: > > I looked up this 'fever'. I wonder if this is the same thing? > http://www.dis.strath.ac.uk/vie/CaDDiS/docs/Malignant-Catarrhal-Fever.html > > davie >