The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-09
Cholera. 4.
VALUABLE INFORMATION
FOR ALL OWNERS OF
AZ
WATCH THE HERD VERY
CLOSELY AND. CARE FOR
THEM CAREFULLY.


a. valuable document which deals
X with subject of hog cholera and swine
plague, and in it's pages, from which
we copy, is found great deal Of
vast interest to our farmer readers re-
+ lative to these diseases, their sym
. ptoms and methods of handling an
imals infested with the diseases.
. The swine, in this vicinity, are as yet
comparatively healthy, but no one can
tell at what moment the conditions
will change, and therefore it is i'm
portant that owners should keep
themselves we'll posted on the diseases
mentioned and be in readiness to
take active measures in case an out
break should occur. The Bulletin
says: The swine interests of Mime
sofa have been seriously injured dur.
ing the years 1894 and 1895 by cpl
denies or swine diseases.
Outbreaks have been reported from
St. James, Madelia; Albert Lea,
Mapleton, Blue Earth City, Langdon,
Cottage Grove and several other
places. An outbreak last year in
Washington Co., Cottage Grove and
Woodbury. townships, and an out
break that has assumed serious feat
ures at this writing at Medella,
Watonwan Co., have been especially
severe. In an outbreak Investigated
by the Experiment Station near St.
James last fall 700 head, valued at
S. Der head. were found to have been
lost within few miles OF town. The
loss from June 10th to Oct. 10th,
1894, in the two townships above
mentioned in Washington Co. aggre-
gated at least $50 head, valued at IS
. per head, and the per cent of loss
was about 74.S of the total numbers
i invaded herds. The loss in recent
epidemic in progress near Madelia
has been especially severe. Conserv-
+ alive estimates made in the midst of
] the outbreak show total loss of at
least 1900 head.
All out breaks thus far investigated
have been traced to hogs shipped in
from the Sioux City or shipped out
from the Minnesota Transfer stock
yards.
Early Symptoms. The hair is
harsh and dry, the eyes may be wat
cry, and later the walk becomes weak
and irregular with imperfec. control
of the hind legs; the skin around
the TANKS and fore legs may become
purple, the skin may crack and large
sores appear on the head, neck and
back; the sick ones keep apart from
the rest of the herd, are inclined to
hide around in sheltered places and
seem little inclined to move. There
is u sua]ly a..loss of appetite, although
in very acute cases they may eat
quite heartily and die within few
hours. The chronic cases lose flesh
rapidly, and some times show ex-
treme disturbance of the nervous
system exhibited in partial or COM
plete paralysis of the hind parts, or
they show extreme nervousness.
Cough is usually short and hacking.
The 8 skin of the ears frequently be-
comes much infamed and if the pat
lent lives for several days they
assume a scabby appearance, some
times the tips slough of. Occasion
ally constipation appears among the
earliest symptoms but it is usually not
noticed by the owners, and later there
appears diarrhea. In some of the
very acute cases which appear at the
beginning of::an outbreak. the an finals
die very suddenly, sometimes before
the owner realizes that they were
sick. Later in the history of the
disease, as it appears i'll herd, the
cases tend to assume the chronic
/ type. If the swine plague infection
Iis marked, the coughing and short
ness of breath are the more prominent
symptoms.1 If the case is more nearly
typical hog cholera the bowel symp-
u ,4onoa ara the more prominent. Some
/ times quite large portions of the skin
and underlying muscular tissues die
and slough off, leaving large sores.
This appears more commonly, per-
I haps, around the head, and neck and
sbsck then elsewhere.
What TO: Do When an Outbreak
Apnears, In case there IL q sus-
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