African Swine Fever

**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).

**Tree numbers:** - C01.920.930.125 - C01.925.081.078 - C01.925.256.142 - C22.905.072

**Synonyms:** - African Swine Fever Virus Infection - Wart-Hog Disease - Swine Fever, African - Asfivirus Infection