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Definition of Hog cholera
1. Noun. Highly infectious virus disease of swine.
Medical Definition of Hog cholera
1. An acute, highly contagious disease affecting swine of all ages and caused by the hog cholera virus. It has a sudden onset with high morbidity and mortality. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hog Cholera
Literary usage of Hog cholera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1915)
"Hog 653, on autopsy, showed typical lesions of hog-cholera. Culture 653, from
the ear, was incubated in a desiccator, under anaerobic conditions, ..."
2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"It has, then, approached the hog-cholera bacillus in its cultural characters.
The organisms from the liver and kidney also approached the hog-cholera ..."
3. Bulletin by New Jersey, Dept. of Agriculture, New Jersey Dept. of Agriculture (1918)
"Some owners object to the use of hog cholera virus on very small pigs; ...
Anti-hog cholera serum contains none of the germs or virus of hog cholera and ..."
4. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1916)
"Some Observations on hog cholera and the Use of Serum. Amer. Vet, Review, 1915,
Vol. ... Experiments on Complement Fixation in hog cholera. Bull. No. ..."
5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The contagion of hog cholera is due to a filtrable virus, the viru- lency of ...
The passing of-hog cholera virus through pigs always tends to increase its ..."
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