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hog' chol"era
Vet. Pathol.
an acute, usually fatal, highly contagious disease of swine caused by an RNA virus of the genus
Pestivirus, characterized by high fever, lack of appetite, diarrhea, and lethargy. Also called
swine fever. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.