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hog cholera
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Definition of HOG CHOLERA
: a highly infectious often fatal disease of swine caused by a flavivirus (species Classical swine fever virus of the genus Pestivirus) and characterized by fever, loss of appetite, weakness, erythematous lesions especially in light-skinned animals, and severe leukopenia
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First Known Use of HOG CHOLERA
1859
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hog cholera
noun \ˈhäg-, ˈhȯg-\
Medical Definition of HOG CHOLERA
: a highly infectious often fatal disease of swine caused by a flavivirus of the genus Pestivirus (species Classical swine fever virus) and characterized by fever, loss of appetite, weakness, erythematous lesions especially in light-skinned animals, and severe leukopenia—called also swine fever; see african swine fever
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