Editing Classical swine fever (section)

{{short description|Viral disease of swine}}
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| name = Classical swine fever virus
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| parent = Pestivirus
| species = Pestivirus suis
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* Classical swine fever virus<ref name="2017.010S">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Donald B. |display-authors=etal |title=Renaming four species and creating seven new species in the genus ''Pestivirus'' |url=https://ictv.global/ictv/proposals/2017.010S.A.v1.Pestivirus_7sp4spren.zip |website=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses |access-date=21 August 2019 |language=en |date=31 May 2017 |quote=...''Classical swine fever virus'' becomes ''Pestivirus C''...}}</ref>
* Hog cholera virus<ref>[https://ictv.global/ictv/proposals/ICTV%207th%20Report.pdf ICTV 7th Report] van Regenmortel, M.H.V., Fauquet, C.M., Bishop, D.H.L., Carstens, E.B., Estes, M.K., Lemon, S.M., Maniloff, J., Mayo, M.A., McGeoch, D.J., Pringle, C.R. and Wickner, R.B. (2000). Virus taxonomy. Seventh report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Academic Press, San Diego. 1162 pp.</ref>
* Hog cholera (European swine fever) virus<ref>[https://ictv.global/ictv/proposals/ICTV%206th%20Report.pdf ICTV 6th Report] Murphy, F. A., Fauquet, C. M., Bishop, D. H. L., Ghabrial, S. A., Jarvis, A. W. Martelli, G. P. Mayo, M. A. & Summers, M. D.(eds) (1995). Virus Taxonomy. Sixthreport of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Archives of Virology Supplement 10, 590</ref>
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'''Classical swine fever''' ('''CSF''') or '''hog cholera''' (also sometimes called '''pig plague''' based on the German word {{lang|de|Schweinepest}}) is a highly contagious disease of [[Suina|swine]] ([[Suidae|Old World]] and [[Peccary|New World pig]]s).<ref name=Peccary/> It has been mentioned as a potential [[biological warfare|bioweapon]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dudley |first1=Joseph P. |last2=Woodford |first2=Michael H. |title=Bioweapons, Biodiversity, and Ecocide: Potential Effects of Biological Weapons on Biological DiversityBioweapon disease outbreaks could cause the extinction of endangered wildlife species, the erosion of genetic diversity in domesticated plants and animals, the destruction of traditional human livelihoods, and the extirpation of indigenous cultures |journal=BioScience |date=1 July 2002 |volume=52 |issue=7 |pages=583–592 |doi=10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0583:BBAEPE]2.0.CO;2 |language=en |issn=0006-3568|doi-access=free }}</ref>