swine fever
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swine fever — n 1) HOG CHOLERA 2) african swine fever * * * hog cholera … Medical dictionary
swine fever — noun Date: 1886 1. hog cholera 2. an acute highly contagious usually fatal disease of swine that is caused by a double stranded DNA virus (species African swine fever virus of the genus Asfivirus, family Asfarviridae), that resembles but is more… … New Collegiate Dictionary
swine fever — noun a contagious, usually fatal, disease of pigs, causing fever, skin lesions and convulsions Syn: classical swine fever, CSF, hog cholera, pig plague … Wiktionary
swine fever — swine′ fe ver n. vet hog cholera • Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
swine fever — noun an intestinal viral disease of pigs … English new terms dictionary
swine fever — /swaɪn ˈfivə/ (say swuyn feevuh) noun a specific, acute, usually fatal, contagious disease of pigs caused by a filterable virus …
swine fever — noun : hog cholera … Useful english dictionary
African swine fever — ▪ animal disease also called warthog fever highly contagious and usually fatal viral disease of swine that is characterized by high fever, lesions, leukopenia (abnormally low count of white blood cells), elevated pulse and respiration… … Universalium
Classical swine fever — Virus classification Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA) Family: Flaviviridae Genus … Wikipedia
African swine fever virus — Taxobox color = violet name = African swine fever virus image caption = Electron micrograph of a virus particle virus group = i familia = Asfarviridae genus = Asfivirus species = African swine fever virus African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the… … Wikipedia
