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swine fever
swine fever
noun
- an infectious viral disease of pigs, characterized by fever, refusal to eat, weight loss, and diarrhoea US termhog cholera
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Word History and Origins
Origin of swine fever1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
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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