Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-02-07
HOG CHOLERA IN THIS STATE.
State Veterinarian Gives Facts About
Prevention and Control.


cial: Hog cholera is now prevalent
throughout the entire State, and
numerous requests for assistance In
the control Of this disease have been
received from practically every coun-
ty. Owing to the large number Of
these requests, 1T Is absolutely i'm
possible for this Office to Immediately
send our veterinarians, but we will
give these requests attention In the
order received. When this is i'm
practical, they will be given atten-
tion in the order of Importance ac-
cording to location.
TO enable owners to prevent the
Introduction Of this disease into their
herds, and to assist In its control, the
following information Is given:
Hog cholera Is a contagious dis
ease, caused by germs that are pres
ent in the blood tissues and excre-
tions Of hogs affected with cholera.
Unless these germs are carried from
sick hogs or infected premises, the
disease will not spread. The follow
ing are few of the most common
ways by which this disease Is scat
tcred:
1. BY failure to'properly dispose
OF carcasses of dead hogs. Buzzards,
dogs, etc, will carry infection. Bury
deeply or burn all carcnsscs.
2. BY persons walking through
yards where sick hogs are kept, the
infection then being carried on shoes
or clothing to yards where healthy
hogs are confined. Keep visitors away
from your hogs. DO not go or allow
any of your help to go on premises
where there are sick hogs.
3. By streams receiving drainage
from infected premises If streams
running through your lots are drain
ing infected premises, move hogs to
other lots.
4. BY buying hogs from herds
where the disease exists, or from pub
TIC stock yards. Do not buy hogs un-
less you know they come from heal
thy herds. Hog cars and stock yards
are always to be considered infec-
tious.
remember that hog cholera is usu-
ally contracted through the mouth
and digestive tract, and that the dis
charges from a hog affected with
cholera are very infectious.
Healthy herds should be taken care
of by persons who have not been
where the disease exists, and no one
else should be allowed near the heal
thy herds.
In herds where the disease has al
read" appeared the healthy hogs
should ho moved 10 nuw so.a and
pens, and again moved il any hogs
are Mater taken sick.
Dismtect pens and lots that have
been occupied by sick hogs Plow
lots and disinfect pens, trouGhs, etc,
with per cent solution of com
pound solution Of creosol or with
strong solution of other good disin-
: fectant, which your druggist can fur
niSh.
Treatment is useless, and money
spent for drugs had better be cXpend-
ed for disinfectants. While we have
no cure for this disease, we have a
sure preventive in hog cholera serum,
prepared according to the method
originated by Drs. Dorsey and Niles,
of the United States Department Of
Agriculture. This serum is now be-
ing prepared by this division and Is
being used by our veterinarians in
controlling outbreaks of this disease.
AS previously stated, this serum will
protect hogs from cholera, but will
not cure those that have already con-
tracted the disease. AS we cannot
supply more serum than needed by
the veterinarians Of this division in
their work throughout the State, it
will be useless for veterinarians or
Others to apply for serum.
NJ. Ray Powers,
State Veterinarian.
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