african swine fever

  • 1African swine fever — n an acute highly contagious usu. fatal febrile disease that affects only swine (family Suidae), that resembles but is more severe than hog cholera, that is indigenous to Africa where wild swine (as the warthog and bushpig) act as natural… …

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  • 2African swine fever — ▪ animal disease also called  warthog fever         highly contagious and usually fatal viral disease of swine that is characterized by high fever, lesions, leukopenia (abnormally low count of white blood cells), elevated pulse and respiration… …

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  • 3African swine fever — afrikinis kiaulių maras statusas Aprobuotas sritis gyvūnų užkrečiamosios ligos apibrėžtis Ūminė kontaginė virusinė kiaulių liga, pasireiškianti karščiavimu, hemoragine diateze ir dideliu gaištamumu. santrumpa( os) AKM atitikmenys: lot. Pestis… …

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  • 4African swine fever virus — Taxobox color = violet name = African swine fever virus image caption = Electron micrograph of a virus particle virus group = i familia = Asfarviridae genus = Asfivirus species = African swine fever virus African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the… …

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  • 5African swine fever virus — a double stranded DNA virus that is the etiological agent of African swine fever; it was formerly classified as a member of the Iridoviridae but is now assigned to the genus African swine fever–like viruses, which belongs to no family and of… …

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  • 6african swine fever — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : an acute highly contagious usually fatal virus disease of swine that is caused by a spherical virus containing one linear double stranded molecule of DNA, that resembles but is more severe than hog cholera,… …

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  • 7swine fever — n 1) HOG CHOLERA 2) african swine fever * * * hog cholera …

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  • 8swine fever — noun Date: 1886 1. hog cholera 2. an acute highly contagious usually fatal disease of swine that is caused by a double stranded DNA virus (species African swine fever virus of the genus Asfivirus, family Asfarviridae), that resembles but is more… …

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  • 9Classical swine fever — Virus classification Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA) Family: Flaviviridae Genus …

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  • 10Africanswine fever — African swine fever n. See hog cholera. * * * …

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