Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-01-30
The Hog Cholera or Plague. !:


The Ntional Agricultural Society, at its
recent meeting in Washington City, has
offered premium to induce an investiga-
ton into the nature and remedies for this
devastating disease, now rapidly dimin-
ishing the number of hogs in this and 9TH
or States.
We are not informed Of its precise his
tory, but believe that it first made its APP
pearance near Aurora, in this state, in June
last. 1t was supposed to have been pro-
duced by feeding slop at distilleries, but
subsequent experience and invcstiga-
ton showed, that slops were better food
than dry corn. The disease is highly in
fectious, and like human cholera, appears
to be atmospheric. It's symptoms are va
rious, acting, sometimes, and most gener-
ally, as cholera, at others, as inflamatory,
affecting the lungs or tomache, or intes-
tines, or all Of these. and then, again, the
secretions, producing outward swelling
and inflammation Of the skin, resulting in
the formation Of sores, and hence, the
name of plague.
We have recently conversed with far
mers from Jennings and Marion counties,
and find that the symptoms Of this dis
ease in these counties are, mostly the fol-
lowing:
Hogs, both young and old, eat we'll, appa-
rently in usual excellent health, and after
eating go to the water, drink about as
much as usual, but Immediately after
drinking strike their teeth together, then
making efforts to vomit then jump up,
lifting all their feet from the ground, or
forwards as rabbit, accompanied by ef-
forts to vomit. Immediately loose dis
charges Of thin and highly yellow color
take place, and sometimes in few min
utes, always ina very short time, the ami
NAL falls down and dies. At other times
the first symptom is seen in the hog stand
ing still, with its ears down, and its nose
resting on the ground, followed by efforts
to vomit, and the symptoms just noticed.
The inner or mucous coat Of the stom-
ache is generally found much diseased, and
destroyed by high inflammation. The prob
ability is that the whole intestinal canal is
affected in the same manner, and the secre-
tory system violently diseased. We learn
that some persons in this city have been
made sick, by eating pork, supposed to
have been laboring under the disease when
slaughtered. The cold weather does not
seem to check the disease.
A writer from Aurora, in the Cincinnati
Gazette, estimates that upwards Of 10000
hogs have been destroyed by it, within a
circuit of one hundred miles of that city.
Such fatal disease. especially when hogs
are SO very scarce, may well demand the
efforts OF the National Agricultural Soci-
ETY., and all other agricultural associations,
TO have its true character and efficient rem
edies ascertained.
Amiller on Friday informed us that he
had fed sulphur, which seemed to have
checked the disease, after losing many fat.
ted, and other valuable hogs. From 9TH
er places we see that this preventive has
been Efficient and we therefore commend
its use 10 our farmers.
We will be in this city until the Legis'
lature adjourns, and we ask communica.
tons from those who have had this disease
among their hogs, detailing infinitely III
symptoms, the number lost, the number
that escaped, the number cured, the in
ward appearances where examination,
have been made after death, and the effec
of remedies when given.-Indiana Jour.
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