Hog cholera Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun highly infectious virus disease of swine

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  1. an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser. )
Definitions
  1. . See under Hog.

Webster 1913