| swine b. |
infection of swine with Babesia trautmanni or B. perroncitoi; the former occurs in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Central and South America and is transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and the latter occurs in Africa but its vector is unknown. Called also porcine b.
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| swine d. |
a contagious form of enteritis in young swine, caused by Treponema hyodysenteriae and marked by grayish feces. Called also bloody scours.
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| swine e. |
a contagious disease of swine caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. It is of great economic importance around the world and occurs in four clinical forms: an acute septicemic form, marked by high fever, lesions of the internal organs and viscera, and a high mortality rate; an urticarial form (called also diamonds or diamond skin disease), the mildest form, rarely fatal, marked by sudden onset, high fever, general debility, red to purple blotches on the neck and body, and sometimes involvement of the viscera; a chronic form, sometimes fatal, marked by difficulty in breathing and vegetative endocarditis; and an arthritic form, not usually fatal, marked by stunting of growth; this form may occur alone or as a complication of other forms.
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| swine f. |
hog cholera.
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| swine i. |
an acute highly contagious respiratory disease of hogs caused by a type A influenza virus.
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