hog cholera

American  

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. 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.

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hog cholera British  

noun

1. the US term for swine fever

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Etymology

Origin of hog cholera

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

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

With this idea they immunized pigeons against hog cholera.

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

Last month Rockefeller sent two experts to Brazil with 250,000 cubic centimeters of vaccine to combat hog cholera.

From Time Magazine Archive

In reply to yours of March 14, 1914, I am indeed sorry to learn that you were hit with hog cholera.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack