The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-07-12
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arching Of the back and q drawing up
OF the abdomen; shivering is also no
ticeable. The animal manifests a de-
sire to bury himself in the litter, or If
there are a number they will huddle
together. Oftentimes red spots or
blotches will appear on the surface OF
the skin especially on the abdomen,
cars and inside of the legs. There is
more or less fever, indicated by q rise
OF temperature, the normal tempera-
ture OF the hog being about 1O2 de
grees. At times more or less coughing
is present; this symptom being more
noticeable in swine plague than IN hog
cholera. There is a discharge from
the eyes, at fl at watery, later becom-
ing thicker and tending to cause the
eyelids to adhere to each other. At
the beginning Of the disease the bowels
may be normal, or they may be con
stipated; but as the disease advances
there is apt to be an offensive diatr, ea.
At times nearly all of these symptoms
will be present, and then again only q
part Of them will be recognize ble. Ere
quently either few symptoms are pres
emit, or they are so uncertain as to re
quire a microscopic examination of the
tissues to diagnose with certainty.
The post mortem conditions are also
somewhat variable. There are apt to
be red spots on the internal organs
much like those upon the skin. IL
swine plague is present the lungs are
liable to be infiamed; greater or less
portions of them being dark colored,
resembling somewhat a portion of the
liver. The spleen is often found to be
two or three times its normal size. In
those cases where the disease has been
somewhat prolonged quite a charac
beristic symptom is the presence of
ulcers upon the inner surface Of the
intestinal wall, especially of the large
intestine, where the small intestine
opens into it. These ulcers appear as
slightly elevated, yellowish or dRrkish
colored sores.
The medical treatment for hog chol,
era has not proven satisfactory neither
is it probable that it ever will. At
times q certain line of treatment will
promise great results when used In
one herd, but utterly fail when used in
others. The explanation for this is
that in those cases where the medicine
seemed to be beneficial the disease
took a milder course, and a large per
centage would probably have recov-
cred without any treatment. Tue De-
partment of Agriculture at Washing
ton, ID. O., has recommended a formula
which will probably be found to be as
beneficial as anything. It is as fol-
lows:
Sulphur, 1 pound; wood charcoal, 1
pound; sodium chloride, 2 pounds;
sodium bi carbonate, 2 pounds; sodium
hyposulphite, 2 pounds; sodium sui
phate, 1 pound; anthony sulphide, 1
pound.
These substances should be thor,
oughly mixed; the dose is a large
tablespoonful to each 200 pound hog,
once a day. If the animal does not
eat, add the medicine to a little water,
shake thoroughly and give from a bot
tie by the mouth. IL the animal will
eat, mix the medicine with sloppy
food. The same drugs are recon-
mended as a preventive by giving
them along with the feed to those ami
mails that do not as yet show signs Of
disease. Five to ten drops of carbolic
acid given twice a day to each medium
sized hog may also be found to be
beneficial. Hyposulphite OF soda in
two dram doses has been recommended.
This, however, is incorporated in the
above prescription. Remember, the
writer does not claim marked curative
or preventive properties for the forego
ing medicines; but simply says they
are probably as good as any, which is
really saying but %veryIittle indeed.
Strive to prevent an outbreak of the
disease on your farm by precautionary
action as well as by keeping in use a
supply Of above mixture. Never in
troduce new hogs into your herd until
they have been held in quarantine six
weeks. Supply water from wells,
never from ponds or running streams.
IL cholera appears in the neighborhood,
keep dogs and visitors away from
your herd and separate the hogs into
small lots some distance apart so that
If it attacks one bunch the others may
escape, Keep surroundings clean.
Mix 5 pints crude carbolic acid with
100 pints water % gallons), and
sprinkle the premises every day. Feed
a mixed diet. A good tonic in the feed
Ia q mixture of ] pound bicarbonate of