swine fever

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noun Veterinary Pathology.

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Origin of swine fever

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby swine fever

swindled, swindler, swindle sheet, Swindon, swine, swine fever, swine flu, swineherd, swine plague, swinepox, swine's cress

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How to use swine fever in a sentence

These industrial farms and increased pressure for output set up the conditions for epidemics like swine fever in the first place.
“He put QR-coded wristbands on each of the chickens”|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|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.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8|Various
We are having a grand lambing season, but there's a nasty spread of swine-fever, and the whole country's papered with handbills.
My Friend Prospero|Henry Harland
Or is the field suffering from swine fever, of which they are the outward manifestation?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 21, 1920|Various

It'll be a sad day for you, Mrs. Bateson, when swine fever comes into the district.
The Farringdons|Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
He indicated that the outlook was brightening; but swine fever was far more serious.
The Annual Register 1914|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for swine fever

swine fever

noun

an infectious viral disease of pigs, characterized by fever, refusal to eat, weight loss, and diarrhoeaUS term: hog cholera

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