swine plague

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hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1890–95

Similar stories plague many parts of Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Asia.
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Why is violence against women central to so many of the conflicts that plague the planet today?
The Hidden Link Between Women and War|Leith Greenslade|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Spread happens easily, however, and epidemics are propagated when the third form of plague occurs: pneumonia plague.
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left)|Kent Sepkowitz|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As I described in an article over the summer when the fatal case in China was diagnosed, plague has three distinct clinical forms.
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left)|Kent Sepkowitz|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The plague made a brief appearance in China earlier this year and continues in the U.S. with a few cases annually.
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left)|Kent Sepkowitz|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The great plague of this and the subsequent year broke out at St. Giles, London.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Garnache need not plague himself with vexation that his rash temper alone had wrought his ruin now.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in the temple of idols: that eat swine's flesh, and profane broth is in their vessels.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
A man was whipped through London for going to court when his house was infected by plague.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The plague at Smyrna committed great ravages; about 300 died daily for some time.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell