NALT

Preferred term

African swine fever

Topic

A sometimes fatal Asfivirus infection of pigs, characterized by fever, cough, diarrhea, hemorrhagic lymph nodes, and edema of the gallbladder. It is transmitted between domestic swine by direct contact, ingestion of infected meat, or fomites, or mechanically by biting flies or soft ticks (genus Ornithodoros).

wart hog disease
wart-hog disease
warthog disease

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

1237

Spanish

fiebre porcina africana

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4894

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 1/9/18