Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1896-06-04
SWINE PLAGUE.
Nature of the Dis-ase and How-to
Treat Il.


nature aud symptoms OF and treatme
forSwine Plague, Director VIM. Stov
L. Davol OF the Arizona station, Tucso
has sent to the HERALD the followir
communication respecting this vel
n Important subject:
IS vine Plague is contagious an
infectious disease of the hog, cause
by minute bacterial forms frsquensl
found present In the air passages
Of swine, and some times of other domest
,e animals. They are, however, exceI
az undsr certain conditions of eaviror
ment,in State perfectly harmless to til
a animals. But when the proper ex tel
8 nal and internal conditions combine th
y. bacteria multiply rapidly and produe
# virulent form OF disease which is con
,. tsgious aud terminates fatally 10
= majority OF GASES. The SWINE plague
Y germ is e small; ovel, non-mobile BAG
8 serium, easily distinguished under The
? microscope from the hog cholera bao-
: terium, the latter being larger, rod-like
and possessing hagella.
Swine plague may be produced in a
, herd of hogs by Indictment weather and
unwholesome food or other causes pro-
duoing al unhealthy, weakened or IN
thrifty condition. The MOST noticeable
symptoms charBoterisiug this disease
are. tendency to lie upou the
belly in some secluded place; refusing
to eat, Or eating but little. causing the
| animal to soon look gsunt; when ar
reused it will usually give one or two
| dry coughs, hang it's head and aroh it's
back as if in pain; the eyes will water
n the early stages, but later the score
ton becomes yellowish, thick, eccumu-
lating in the corners and frequently
cumming the eyes shut. Sometimes
toe SKIN OF the abdomen, under sur
face OF the neck aud inner surface of
the legs becomes copgested and reddish
in color. An eruption sometimes ap-
pears under the body. most frequently
upon those parts where the congestion
shows. Scabs form over the small |
eruptive spots, which heal and when |
the scabs fall leave bare spots upon the !
SKIN. The pig walks with an irregular,
tobterinR gait. The animal usually has
the sniff 9s' aud tbs breatirg is labored |
and short. The animal usually has
diarrhoea which frequently becomes
very foetid towards the last. There is
usually shivering and fever, the tenn
perature rising TO JOG degrees OF 10Y
degrees Fahrenheit. In one case saw
it as high as 1884, degrees
In making post-mortem examination
the following appearances may be
noted: The lungs are the principal or
gans affected in most esses. These are
often much infiamed and have numer-
Gus small eolorIeas or yellowish eposs
where the tissue has beoo ne iifeless. IL
cases of long duration there will fire.
luently be found spots or masses of /
substance. Spots OF the
the lung tissue, angular in outline, or in
some cases large part OF the lung, may
De dark red in color end in substance
liver. Frequently the Serious
mem rane OF the pIeura, peritoneum
md psricsrdeum are infsmed and have
Upon them false tissue or fibrinous de-
'osits. These fbRinous deposits msy
appear upon the surface OF the intes- I
INES, which may also be more or lees
Plague spreads rapidly, especially if the
'igs sleep together aud are permitted
. pile up in the she'd or under shelter,
8 the disease is communicated almost
ntirely by inhalation. Inter the 9
bove mentioned condition the we'll il
igs breathe the infection exhsled by b
be eick ones and thua "catch" the dis g
asa. The disease germs msy be car q
led for some distance in the air, and q
pom the clothing of men, fur OF animals :
nd plumsge of birds. Where buzz ards Ii
bound they are undou btedly prolific
sose of spreading the disease, especial
? il she affected swine Gre permitted to o
lie and be devoured by them. Rabbits n
nd dogs are also source of danger in o
presding it, and men passing from 4
erds of diseased swine frequently take IL
nth them enough germs to cause an "
utbreak in we'll herd o
When in any locality an outbreak oc- b
urs of swine plague or any disease 81
7hich may be suspected of being swine 81
lague or a contagious disease of any Il
ind every precaution should be taken p
} prevent it's spread. No one should te
3 permitted to pass from farm having +
ne disease upon it 80 one where there 81
re swine and no discuss among them, v
-ithout first disinfeoting. Dogs should IL
OF be permitted to run at large. Every IL
ig or hog, young or old, should be p
Tiled as it shows symptoms of having K
30 disease, and the carcass should be n
uFned, or s5 least deeply buried. AIl 10
ell animals should be removed ct once 81
'om the pasture within which diseased N
ninals are found, and kept from b
inglinR with them. 81
Provision should be made, when pos O.
bic, for removing the we'll hogs to an L
5her fresh pasture il any sick ones N
lould be found among them, and the pl
owing process repeated if necessary tt
The regimen should receive attention. 81
Tholssome food and good water should Il
> provided for the well end sick hogs. is
few drops-sbout to II drops per *
limai-of carbolic acid IN the water p'
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