The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-20
CHOLERA losses N
TENNESSEE PLACED
At HIGH FIGURES
SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE
SIMILAR TO THAT OF TY-
PHoiD FEVER.
ADVISES USE OF SERUM
carcasses Of All Dead Animals
Should Be Buried, and General As
sembly Will BE Asked to Enact
Law to That Effect.
(By Geo. R. White, M. d., d. V s.
State Live Stock Insectorl

State Live Stock Insector.)
Hog cholera is highly contagious
disease of swine which is similar In
many respects to typhoid fever in
man. 1t causes liberation of the in
testines-typhoid fever produces sim
liar intestinal liberation. In hog
cholera we usually observe haamor
rhagic spots on the kidney, the same
lesion of the kidney is observed in ty
phoid fever. Hog cholera also pro.
duces reddish discoloration of the
skin. So does typhoid fever pro.
duce similar skin discoloration.
Conservative estimates have placed
the losses from this one disease dur
Ing the past year in this state at from
two to three million dollars. Any dis
ease which causes loss of $4,000, 900
to S3,OOO,000 in single year in a
state as small in size as Tennessee
certainly deserves more than passing
consideration of the farmers, swine
breeders and law makers, hence be-
lieye | am warranted on this occas-
ion in directing your attention to
this disease and its dangers to the
swine industry. Its control and sup
preston Is problem from which we
as state authorities shudder. IS yet
we have not seen our way clear to
undertake systematic hog cholera
eradication work Possibly some flu
ture general assembly may make the
necessary appropriation to stamp out
this deadly and wide spread scourge
to the swine raising industry. At
present al we can do is to advise the
swine raisers to use the Dorsett-Niles
Hog Cholera Serum freely at their
own expense. State aid is out OF the
question at the present time. When
ever we can get an appropriation suf-
ficiently large to establish, equip and
maintain hog cholera serum labor
atory, will feel justified in under
taking the direction of hog cholera
eradication work. The free use of
cholera serum is the meth
cd by which we hope to stamp out
hog cholera. The Dorsett-Niles Anti
Hog Cholera Serum will certainly
protect hogs against cholera provided
it has been properly prepared and
administered, however,
it requires some instruction before
any one is qualified sufficiently to
handle this serum as it should be
handled. We have found great ar |
'ay of impotent serum on the market |
Of course such serum will not begin |
% protect hogs against cholera. Re- |
a few ways by which hog
cholera is spread and there is no oc
,asion for you having an outbreak of !
his disease among your hogs even
IL the absence of the use of anti-hog
.holera serum
If all persons would make it a rule
O bury all animals which die on Iheir
arm, then there would be no induce
nent offered the buzzard to visit
heir premises. Besides being an at
raction to buzzards, the stencil from
oetid carcasses of large animals con-
titute a public nuisance, in any COM
nunity where they are allowed to de-
ompose on the surface of the ground.
ome effort should be made to induce
he incoming general assembly to
ass law compelling owners to eth
r burn or bury all carcasses of ami
lals which die upon their premises.
UGH a law at this time is necessary
rom human as well as an animal
ealth viewpoint. !,
cquaint himself with the state regu-
ltions relative to hog cholera which
re as follows:
Section 30. That all public
tock yards in the state are hereby
laced in quarantine--as regards to
,e handling of swine-and all per.
,ns, firms and corporations are pro-
ibited from removing swine there
ON for any purpose other than for
IMMEDIATE slaughter.
Section 81. Hogs infected with or
,posed to hog cholera shall not run
large or be driven on ranges, COM
ous or public roads; such hogs must U
3 confined in strict quarantine. Car &
uses of hogs that have died of chol- L
"a must be sent to rendering tank, D
. must be deeply buried or com n