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The lab connection to the current African swine fever virus outbreak in Spain cannot be denied.—
Andrew Noymer,
Oc Register,
24 Dec. 2025 Most recently, the 2019 African swine fever epidemic devastated China’s hog farms and triggered a global shortage of heparin.—
Thomas J. Bollyky,
Foreign Affairs,
22 July 2025 Each agent carefully inspects the flowers, looking for exotic pests or animal diseases such as avian flu or African swine fever.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025 Florida scientists were optimistic about the possibility of breeding sweatier Brangus cattle, and Indian scientists investigated the resistance to African swine fever among indigenous Doom pigs.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for swine fever