The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-01
Hog Cholera.

Hog Cholera.
Hog cholera is now prevalent
throughout the entire State and nu-
merous requests for assistance in the
| ceived from practically every coun-
ty. Owing to the large number of
these requests, it is absolutely impos-
sible for this Office to Immediately
send our veterinarians, but We will
give these requests attention in the
order received. When this is imprac-
tical, they will be given attention in
the order of Importance or accord
ing to location.
To enable owners to prevent the
introduction of this disease into their
herds and to assist in it's control the
! following information is given:
Hog cholera is a contagious dis
ease caused by the germs that are
present in the blood tissues and ex-
cretions of hogs affected with chol-
era. Unless these germs are carried
from sick hogs or infected premises,
the disease will not spread. The
following are few of the most COM
mon ways by which this disease is
tscatteEed:
T.. By failure to properly dis
pose of carcasses Of dead hogs. Buz-
yards, dogs, ETC., will carry infec-
tion. Bury deeply or burn all car
casses.
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
draining infected premises, move
hogs to other lots.
4. By buying hogs from herds
where the disease exists or from pub
lie stock yards. Do not buy hogs
unless you know they come from
healthy herds. Hog cars and stock
yards are always to be considered
infectious.
Remember that hog cholera is
usually contracted through the
mouth and digestive tract and that
the discharges from 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
healthy herd.
In herds where the disease has al
ready appeared the healthy hogs
should be moved to new lots and
pens and again moved if any hogs
are later taken sick. Disinfect pens
and lots that have been occupied by
sick hogs. Plow the lots and dlsln-
feet pens, troughs, etc., with per
cent solution of compound solution
of cresol or with strong solution or
other good disinfectant which your
druggist can furnish.
Treatment is useless and money
spent for drugs had better be ex-
pended for disinfectants. While we
have no cure for this disease, we
have a sure preventive in hog chol-
era serum, prepared according to the
method originated by Doctors Dorsey
and Niles of the u S. 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
contracted the disease. AS we can
not 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.