African swine fever

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).

Also known as: swine fever, African, wart Hog disease, wart-Hog disease, wart-Hog diseases

1 clinical trial for this condition and its sub-types.