The case was nonfatal and occurred late in the fall.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
When the destruction of corpuscles is slower, a mild, usually nonfatal, type of the disease is called forth, which is only witnessed late in autumn or more rarely in July and the early part of August.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The condition is said to be caused by a chronic, nonfatal form of Dara plague and has been said to be noninfectious, though this is not certain.
"This World Is Taboo"
Murray Leinster