swine

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A herd of pigs at a swine facility once charged at him, forcing him to jump out of the way while the farmhands chuckled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Spain's pork industry is "very concerned" by a growing African swine fever outbreak among wild boars that has sparked jitters about the world's third-largest producer of the meat and its derivatives.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Experts have long recognized that the H5N1 virus that causes the disease has pandemic potential, just like COVID-19 or swine flu.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

“African swine fever is spreading all over Europe,” said Michal Haring, a biologist from Slovakia, “and the wolf is a very good ‘doctor’ for this, suppressing the disease.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

At this point in their talk the swine had come up to the clearing, and the drovers followed to pen them for the night—the porkers squealing to high heaven, milling around the yard.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer