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swine

pertaining to or emanating from swine (pigs, hogs). See also porcine.

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African swine fever

see african swine fever.

classical swine fever

see classical swine fever.

swine dysentery

a contagious disease of young pigs caused by Brachyspirahyodysenteriae, characterized by severe porridge-like diarrhea, sometimes dysentery, dehydration and heavy morbidity and mortality rates.

swine erysipelas

see erysipelas.

swine fever

see classical swine fever; African swine fever.

swine influenza

a highly contagious upper respiratory disease of pigs caused by swine influenza virus and a concurrent infection with Haemophilus influenzae. Clinical signs include fever, stiffness, recumbency, labored breathing, sneezing, paroxysmal cough and nasal and ocular discharge. Called also ferkelgrippe.

swine paramyxovirus

see paramyxovirus encephalomyelitis.

swine paratyphoid

see salmonellosis.

swine plague

fibrinous pneumonia caused by Pasteurella multocida. May occur in outbreak form with a number of litters of young pigs being affected within a short time.

swine vesicular disease

is a highly infectious disease of pigs caused by an enterovirus related to human coxsackie B5 virus. It is clinically indistinguishable from foot-and-mouth disease in pigs. Vesicular lesions occur at the coronet, causing severe lameness, and in the mouth and on the snout.

vesicular exanthema of swine

see vesicular exanthema of swine.