African Swine Fever
Synonyms
Swine Fever, African
Wart Hog Disease
Wart-Hog Disease
Wart-Hog Diseases
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).