The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-10-16


Hog Cholera.
The following mixture, recommended
by DR.. Salmon of the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry. has been found beneficial
in many cases. but no sure cure" is
known:
part wood charcoal.
part sulphur.
z parts sodium chloride (commoh-
salt.l
2 parts sodium bieaFbonate.
2 parts sodium hyposulphite.
part sodium sulphate.
1 part anthony sulphide
These ingredients should be well pull
verified and then thoroughly mixed.
The dose is one tablespoonful for each
200 pounds weight of hog once day.
Those weighing less should receive
smaller doses in the same ratio as the
reduction in weight. 1t is best fed by
mixing with bran, middlings or some
other soft feed. After having been in
duced to eat it once hogs VIII usually
return to it with a relish 1t must not
be understood that this is a specific for
swine plague, though there are many
cases of record where it's use has APP
parently cured the disease. 1t has been
Of greater value, perhaps, as a prevent
i've, and when so used the dose may be
somewhat reduced in quantity. Dur
ing the time the disease is found upon
the place all sleeping quarters, breed
ing places, feed lots and other places
where the swine congregate should be
thoroughly disinfected every few days,
This is best done by sprinkling well
with air Stacked lime or a five per cent
solution of crude carbolic acid, or with
some other germicide No stagnant wa
ter should be permitted in the pasture
or feeding lot, and the disinfectant OF
lime or carbolic acid should be used
literally about the water hole or water
trough. All litter and bedding should
be frequently removed and burned. In
irrigated regions waste water should
not be permitted to pass from the pas
lures of infected swine to carry the dis
ease to other herds, and after the dis
ease subsidies the pastures should be
thoroughly dried to kill stray germ
that may be lurking among the vege-
tatiOn. The swine plague bacterium is
a comparatively delicate organism and
may be destroyed by a proper observ-
ance of the above-mentioned regula-
tions. There are circumstances under
which it would be impossible to OBJ |
serve the requirement to dry out the
pasture and pens. If in these cases
they could be thoroughly flooded the
germs could be killed, as they drown
easily. 1t must be remembered that
the disease does not always attack a
herd with the same severity. Some
outbreaks are comparatively mild and
none but the weak hogs and little pigs
succumb, and the percentage of NOR
tality among these may at times be
small; whereas, in other outbreaks the
mortality reaches 80 per cent. or more,
and old hogs are taken off with the
little ones. The condition of the ami
mails also has much to do with the NOR
tality. Swine plague may be expected
to carry off greater percentage of the
animals than of those well
and hearty. l have found also that in
herds where the constitutions of the
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breeding the mortality is much greater
than where the herd is kept thrifty by
In the Mississippi basin !
and some other localities hog. cholera |
is associated with swine plague. AL |
though this resembles swine plague in
a great many respects, and the treat
ment for the two diseases is the same
in all essential particulars, in the mat
ter of Kidding a place of hog cholera
there is much difference. The hog
cholera bacterium is much harder
than that of swine plague, and it will
live and multiply in stagnant water
and moist soil and litter, thus making |
it very difficult matter to completely |
eradicate the disease from a place upon
which it has once appeared. But with
care a few months during the hot |
weather of the summer will suffice to !