hog cholera

American

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

an acute, usually fatal, highly contagious disease of swine caused by an RNA virus of the genus Pestivirus, characterized by high fever, lack of appetite, diarrhea, and lethargy.

hog cholera British

noun

the US term for swine fever

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Etymology

Origin of hog cholera

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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Statistics on hog cholera discloses an average loss of $30,000,000 a year for 40 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

With this idea they immunized pigeons against hog cholera.

From Time Magazine Archive

But no one was able to determine accurately whether the deaths were all attributable to swine fever, or to hog cholera or some other epidemic disease.

From Time Magazine Archive

Department of Agriculture is watching for any outbreak of African swine fever, a disease deadlier than anthrax or hog cholera.

From Time Magazine Archive

She went out of his consciousness as he became absorbed again in the Iowa statistics on hog cholera.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London

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