swine fever

noun

1

: hog cholera

2

: a highly contagious disease of swine that is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and usually occurs in a fatal acute form which resembles hog cholera and is marked especially by fever, anorexia, lethargy, vomiting, and bleeding internally and under the skin

Note: Swine fever is caused by a double-stranded DNA virus (species African swine fever virus of the genus Asfivirus, family Asfarviridae) and has spread to and caused epidemics in the western hemisphere.

called also African swine fever

Examples of swine fever in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More than 900 pigs are set to be culled in Hong Kong after authorities detected the presence of the deadly African swine fever (ASF) in animals at a licensed farm in the New Territories district. —Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2023

Authorities at the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said 19 of 30 pigs tested at the farm had swine fever and that transportation of pigs from the farm had been immediately suspended. —Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2023

Last year, Vietnam successfully produced the first vaccine against African swine fever. —Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2023

Advertisement Today, mainly due to concerns about diseases such as African swine fever, animal feed is also on its way out. —Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023

One traveler also had uncertified pork products that could have introduced African swine fever and swine vesicular disease to the U.S., officials said. —Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2023

African swine fever has for years disrupted the $250 billion global pork market. —Fox News, 2 Aug. 2023

Vietnam late last month approved domestic commercial use of two African swine fever vaccines - NAVET-ASFVAC and AVAC ASF LIVE - co-developed by Vietnamese companies and researchers from the United States. —Fox News, 2 Aug. 2023

Only limited data are available from China’s trials on a live-virus vaccine against swine fever. —Reuters, CNN, 7 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

swine fever

noun

1

: hog cholera

2

: african swine fever