also: ぶたコレラ
hog cholera; swine fever
A highly contagious viral disease of pigs; now often referred to as classical swine fever (CSF).
The farm where an outbreak of swine fever was confirmed was quarantined.
Swine fever is a viral disease that infects pigs and wild boars.
Standard kanji-katakana spelling; the reading とんコレラ is the most common.
Alternate reading using the kun'yomi of 豚; less common but still used.
Compound of 豚 (buta/ton, 'pig') and コレラ (korera, 'cholera'), a calque of English 'hog cholera'.