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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Taxonomic Hierarchy > Viruses and Viroids > DNA viruses > dsDNA viruses > Asfarviridae > Asfivirus > African swine fever virus
Taxonomic Hierarchy > Viruses and Viroids > DNA viruses > Varidnaviria > Bamfordvirae > Nucleocytoviricota > Pokkesviricetes > Asfuvirales > Asfarviridae > Asfivirus > African swine fever virus
Preferred Term:

African swine fever virus

Definition:
Este virus causa algunas veces una infección fatal en cerdos, caracterizada por fiebre, tos, diarrhea, nódulos linfáticos hemorrágicos, y edema de la vesícula biliar. Es transmitido entre cerdos domésticos por contacto directo, ingestión de carne infectada, objectos contaminados capaces de transmitir el virus de un lugar a otro, o mecánicamente por moscas picadoras o garrapatas blandas - argasidae (género Ornithodoros).
Concept Schemes:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt
NALT Core
Términos Genéricos:
Asfivirus
Términos Relacionados:
Entry Terms:
  • ASFV (African swine fever virus)
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4900
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