The La Jara chronicle., 1908-01-10
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Directed by the st at Agricultural College

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lily pulled out If affecting the
upper jaw the disease will often
be found to have destroyed the
bones of the face, until it's effects
are seen on the surface. In male
pigs the bacilli often find their
way up the prepuce and produce a
swelling about an inch back of the
opening, which swelling, when
pressed, exudes stringy, necrotic
matter. Wounds from castrating,
nose ringing, earmarking, etc, as
sumo a most unhealthy appearance.
The pig often gets down and is
unable to get up. The progress of
the disease is in some cases, very
rapid, the pig dying with no per-
ceptible symptoms except a very
small sore in the mouth: death evi-
IDENTIFY due to the toxic poison pro-
duced by the bacillus.
In calves the first noticeable
symptoms are a disinclination to
suck, drooling of saliva from the
mouth; month kept open and fire.
quently the tongue protruding; a
swelling of the cheeks in the re-
gion of the molar teeth, which,
upon examination, will be found
to be caused by partly masticated
food: u further examination will
usually reveal the presence of ul-
GERS on the cheeks. lips or tongue
which emit very offensive odor.
The presence of the disease in
calves is due, in practically every
case, to the fact that the udder
and the teats of the COW are con-
taminated with the necrotic bacil-
Ii. which are introduced into the
mouth by the calf while nursing.
TREATMENT.
From the foregoing description
of the disease, cause and manner
of spread the treatment very nat
urally suggests itself and may be
expressed in two words-segrega-
tion and disinfection.
Upon the first symptoms of the
disease being present in herd at
once remove the well ones from
those affected and put them on a
clean portion of the farm and in
absolutely clean pens. Inspect
them carefully twice a day and at
once remove from the well herd
any showing signs of disease.
Thoroughly clean the pens by
removing and burning all litter,
etc, with 3 per cent. solution Of
carbolic acid in water. Expose
all portions of pens, etc, to the
sunlight, where this is possible.
A dipping vat should be con-
structed and all animals, especially
the nursing sows, dipped once a
day in a solution of zenoleum-
l part zenoleum to 30 of water,
heated to about los degrees. The
little pigs should be held by the
hind legs and ducked head fore
most in the dip. Or IA solution of
permanganate of potassium of the
strength of two ounces to the gal
Ion of water may be substituted
for the zenoleum solution.
Whenever any additions are con-
templated to healthy herd it is
very important that great care be
observed that no pigs affected
with this disease lie introduced in
to the herd. have seen outbreaks
of the disease in the vicinity of
Ault, Eaton, Brush, Lamar, Ro-
meo and Monte Vista and partic-
ular care should be taken when
buying pigs from these localities.
In calves the percentage of deaths
is very large when the affected
ones are not treated; but it readily
yields to treatment if the LESSONS
are in the mouth, where they can
be reached by treatment; if the
LESSONS are far back in the throat