The Green Forest tribune., 1911-07-14
PREVENTION
 OF HOG CHOLERA
By ;. F. STANFORD, Veterinarian
 to Arkansas Agricul. College.

The farmers and hog raisers who have kept up-to-date on hog raising by reading the best agricultural pa pers and animal husbandry journals as well as the bulletins from the Ar kansas Experiment station and farm CTS bulletins from the bureau oI animal industry, have no doubt read something of the anti-hog cholera SC rum. Many citizens of the state Of Arkansas know of the wise steps taken by our last state legislature in the passing of an act, which is known as Senate Bill No. 227 (P. A. Rodgers) which bin provides for the manufac- lure of anti-hog cholera serum by the veterinary of the Arkansas agrtcul- tural experiment. station, and au- thorizes the veterinarian to sell this serum and all instruments necessary for it's proper administration to the farmers and hog raisers at cost The bill carries with it an appropriation of g. G00 for the maintenance of the manufacture of this serum. This is the first step taken in the state Of Arkansas for the breeding of good swine Complaints from numerous enterprisiug farmers who are desi- rous of breeding good swine are of ten made that such enterprise is dangerous from the fact that cholera destroys their herds at the time when the proposition would become pay ing one. To farmers who wish to take up the breeding of good swine, I wish to recommend to them good results from the use of anti-hog chol- era serum which along with hygenic preventive measures will completely eradicate hog cholera from our state I will admit that hog cholera IS the most widespread infectious disease of swine in the state and for this reason all possible precaution against herds becoming infected must be taken.
 Proper methods of feeding and care are necessary in order to keep the herd in healthy growing condition. Healthy hogs possess a slight degree of resistance against disease, and this factor plays no small part in the control of hog cholera. There are no places on the farm where white wash, limess chloride of lime and stock dips used as disinfeetants are so necessary as in the hog houses and yards.
 Method of using anti-hog cholera serum-all that is necessary before vaccination is to see that the hogs are in Q clean comfortable quarters
 T ol; FrOr the ration. After vaccination the hog should he kept in clean lots or sheds with clean bedding and abso, lutely no mud Of any kind. The ami mals should not be castrated or spray ed or marked by clipping the ears at tine of vaccination or for three weeks thereafter.
 Very neavy hogs and brood sows heavy with pigs may be placed in a crate or in some inclosure and vac cinated in the standing position. The serum should be injected on the in- side of the thigh and deep in the muscular tissues. thus preventing the escape of the serum on the with drawal Of the syringe needle. fThe proper syringe will be furnished by this department at cost) The site of making the injection should be thoroughly cleansed by washing with clean water and disinfected with a five per cent solution of creoline or some other equally good disinfectanr solution, before and after making the injection.
 Apply to the director of the Arkan- sas agricultural experiment station for hog cholera and state vaccination bulletin No. 12.