The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-01-25
CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA.
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS WITH
ANTI-TOXINE TREATMENT.

SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS WITH
ANTI-ToXINE TREATMENT.
The chief of the bureau of animals
industry, DIR. ID. E. SALMON, has sub
mitted to Secretary Wilson a report
upon the experiments made in the
treatment of hogs for hog cholera with
antl-toxino serum. This serum is made
up on the same principle as the anti
toXine of d~iphlheria. Good serum has
been obtained from both horses and
cattle, a horse or cow being inoculated
with the hog cholera virus III small
quantities AT first, aud with larger doses
after suitable intervals of time. The
resistance OF the animals IS thus raised
to the highest practicable point. The
Dlood OF such an animal, when i injected
underline skin of swine, has been found
to possess both a preventive and Il
curative action. III is serum was first
tested upon small animals in the lab0-
ratory and, being found enicacious,
was, last fall. tested IN Page County,
Iowa, ON several herds Of swine, con-
tanning altogether 27S animals. Leav-
ing out one herd, from which definite
returns as to cause of death could not
be obtained, only 80 died out of 244
animals treated, of which Sc were sick.
Consequently 1913 pei cent. of the ami
mails in these herds were saved. OF
untreated herds kept under observation
during the period referred to about 50
per cent. Of the animals died. DR..
Salmon believes that, with experience.
E a better quality of serum can be pre-.
pared, u he has no doubt that this
per centagc can be maintained here,
after.
Referring to this report, Secrctar,
Wilson remarked that, undoubtedly
the results reported by D.. Salmon
; were the most encouraging to hos
r~aisets. The cost of the serum now
sad the secretary, is but ten cents pc,
. head OF animals treated, only one dozcl
: being required, and doubtless in cours,
+ of time this light cost may be still fur
l Their reduced
i cit is my opinion" SAID the secre
tary, sol the utmost importance tina
, this serum for the next year, at least
= be made by the bureau under our OWL
4 supervision, and distributed in larg,
L quantities in order to demonstrate il
, eflicacv upon a more extended scale
1t is absolutely essential that, durin.
. the experimental stage, serum of un
doubted quality be used. Unless tn
= hog growers can obtain it from thi
department they will be forced TO dc
. pend upon what can be obtained fron
private sources and, owing to the nov
city OF this product, not only will dis
. couragingly cXhorbitant prices b
. charged for it, but in many cases in
fcrior products may be offered. Thi
would preclude the possibility of max
n ing a satisfactory test on a widely cA
. tended scale.
81 propose to ask Congress to provil
an appropriation necessary TO enabl
this department to furnish 1000, 90
. dozens Of serum during the next yea
- and to make a considerable portion {
D the appropriation Immediately avail;
~ able. 1t seems from DR.. Salmon's r,
W port that it takes three or four month
~ to put n horse or COW IN condition
>, supply the serum, consequently I'll
% work upon an extended scale mast |
i. undertaken at once.
+ "The losses from hog cholera are
~ enormous and have weighed so heaviI
~ for years upon cur farmers that
10 cannot imagine that Congress will, ft
a moment, hesitate to make the app,
W priations necessary to carry on tn
- work thoroughly. Indeed, apart frJl
~ the great stake the farmers have
~ this matter, to refuse to provide Tor
~ thorough test of this remedy nov
- would be, indeed, penny wise an
pound foolish; for the discovery of tn
~ serum has involved already maI
y years of work and a large sum
- money. 1t would be a great mislal
~ now hat so great a discovery seems
q have been made, not to finish the wol
- by giving it a thorough md cxtensi,
III test"