swine fever
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: 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
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Most recently, the 2019 African swine fever epidemic devastated China’s hog farms and triggered a global shortage of heparin.
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Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2025
With avian flu likely to return with the fall bird migration, and other diseases including New World screwworm and African swine fever creeping ever closer to the U.S., Randle knows U.S. farmers and ranchers, along with the U.S. food supply, could be at risk.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 30 May 2025
Each agent carefully inspects the flowers, looking for exotic pests or animal diseases such as avian flu or African swine fever.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Florida scientists were optimistic about the possibility of breeding sweatier Brangus cattle, and Indian scientists investigated the resistance to African swine fever among indigenous Doom pigs.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2025
With avian flu likely to return with the fall bird migration, and other diseases including New World screwworm and African swine fever creeping ever closer to the U.S., Randle knows U.S. farmers and ranchers, along with the U.S. food supply, could be at risk.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 30 May 2025
Each agent carefully inspects the flowers, looking for exotic pests or animal diseases such as avian flu or African swine fever.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Florida scientists were optimistic about the possibility of breeding sweatier Brangus cattle, and Indian scientists investigated the resistance to African swine fever among indigenous Doom pigs.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Swine fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swine%20fever. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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