swine fever

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. hog cholera.

swine fever

noun

1. an infectious viral disease of pigs, characterized by fever, refusal to eat, weight loss, and diarrhoea US termhog cholera

Word History and Origins

Origin of swine fever¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

These industrial farms and increased pressure for output set up the conditions for epidemics like swine fever in the first place.

From MIT Technology Review

In 1882 Pasteur's attention was called to a new disease, swine fever (rouget), which was ravaging the herds of swine in France.

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We are having a grand lambing season, but there's a nasty spread of swine-fever, and the whole country's papered with handbills.

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Or is the field suffering from swine fever, of which they are the outward manifestation?

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It'll be a sad day for you, Mrs. Bateson, when swine fever comes into the district.

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He indicated that the outlook was brightening; but swine fever was far more serious.

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