Which of the following signs is typical of African swine fever?

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Which of the following signs is typical of African swine fever?

African swine fever presents as a systemic viral hemorrhagic fever in pigs. The hallmark is high fever with bleeding tendencies due to widespread vascular damage, along with mucosal discharges from the nose and eyes. Neurologic involvement can occur, producing convulsions in severe cases. So a sign set that includes bleeding/hemorrhage, fever, nasal and ocular discharge, and convulsions fits this disease pattern best, because it combines the key systemic, vascular, and CNS manifestations that ASF commonly causes. The other described patterns involve lesion types or mucosal changes that aren’t as characteristically ASF-specific, so they don’t align as closely with the typical ASF presentation.

African swine fever presents as a systemic viral hemorrhagic fever in pigs. The hallmark is high fever with bleeding tendencies due to widespread vascular damage, along with mucosal discharges from the nose and eyes. Neurologic involvement can occur, producing convulsions in severe cases. So a sign set that includes bleeding/hemorrhage, fever, nasal and ocular discharge, and convulsions fits this disease pattern best, because it combines the key systemic, vascular, and CNS manifestations that ASF commonly causes. The other described patterns involve lesion types or mucosal changes that aren’t as characteristically ASF-specific, so they don’t align as closely with the typical ASF presentation.

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