Definition of classical swine fever
: hog cholera
- … classical swine fever breaks out in Europe regularly; in 1997 it forced Dutch authorities to massacre almost 10 million pigs.
- —Martin Enserink, Science, 23 Mar. 2001
- The two biggest animal health concerns are mad cow disease and classic swine fever, also known as hog cholera.
- —State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois), 29 Jan. 2009
