Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-07-26

is here and for this reason tbo
ing should be needed. an
1t is by no means necessarv
continue the feeding of ss,s uls
milk from the dairies. Howora
is necessary, according to this ~, y
tin, that the milk be heated
being fed to hogs. In Denmsr,,
instance, the whole milk is W
before being used to 17e A.
Fahrenheit, in order that there - 's'
disease transmitted to the buttor =. ~
cheese, and there is, of copr.o
tuberculosis in the skinned mil, :. !.
this is not done, however, it is a.,
able to heat the skinned min,
order to prevent disease being "a.
mitted to the hogs.
This question may easily booou
one of such financial magnitndo
to make 1T necessary to take dro..
action. Buyers for big paot,ss
houses are beginning to get warr :,
certain sections, and two a.ot.s
packers will not accept hogs e,o-
one state which is badly infectad !
other instances packers are demo,a
ing that owners bear the bprao,
when hogs are pronounced diseo..,
by the inSDectOrs
There are six methods by whit.
the disease may be transmitted ).
hogs-milk of tuberulcus cows n
fected feces of cattle and hogs tba
feeding of tuberculous carcassac =.
slaughter house offal, feeding u,.
cooked garbage, the use of diseased
| brood sows, tuberculous attendant,
| tuberculous fowls and infected 90.
tration wounds.
The author goes on to show how
| very few cows may spread the die.
| ease among the hogs of an entire
nei ghborhood when the SKINNED
milk is sent back to the farms
| These few cows, if in an advanced
stage, will contaminate the entire
| days supply if mixed with 1t. The
milk is then sent out and the bacH
are contained in a large number NJ
cans. The creamery is not the only
method of transmission, as was
shown in one case where hand sen.
arators were used. The only safe
method is to see that the milk Il
properly heated before being fed.
Another fruitful source of disease
is found in the common practice Of
allowing hogs to devour the infected
| carcass of a COW or other animal
that has died. While this doesn't
often happen, yet it may be suff.
cient to give the disease a start on
the farm, and it may flourish long
| time before being detected. The
diseased hogs are not easily detect
ed.
Tankage Is an article of hog feed
that is coming into more general use.
At first it was thought that this
might be instrumental in spreading
the disease, but such is not the case
say the Investigators. Quite likely
| this is due to the fact that the tank
age is cooked. But if tankage is not
to blame there is often offal from
the smaller slaughter house that can
be blamed. 1t is not uncommon for
hogs to be allowed to clean up the
blood and other refuse. Should this
be from a tuberculous COW brute or
hog the disease may readily be trans
mitted.
With the hog raiser near the city
or town it is the custom to CONTRACT
for garbage to feed the hogs. ES
Iperiments have been made along TINS
line. The results seem to indicate
that when thoroughly cooked there
is little danger of disastrous results
However, if it is not cooked there
great danger An extensive eslap
lishment at Jersey City which feeds
garbage to hogs was inspected anu
these hogs were found free from dS
ease. In addition to these hos'
there are a number bought from 'n'
farmers in that section. IneS'
show the usual percentage OF oisea''
when inspected.
tuberculosis may be transmi'''S
by diseased brood sows. Tnls was
tested in one case. An affected CIV
died and her carcas was given 70 w
hogs. Since that time the hogs nav
been affected.
AS has been said, the hogs 40 Nv
show tuberculosis in the first s'aS'
Later they show various symptoms
but these may be attributed 10 o'Du
causes, so that it is difficult 70 ="
Abdominal tuberculosis is frequ0I'
ly accompanied by general dis'u'.
ance of digestive functions, anu ~