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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:
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).
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
Asfivirus
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • ASFV (African swine fever virus)
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4900
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