The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-10-16
DISEASE
is HOG CHOLERA
VETERINARIAN AT STATE COL
LEGE SAYS IT HAS VARIOUS
FORMS IN RAVAGING
STATE,

Brookings, S. DIS the plague
destroying hundreds of South Dakota
hogs the dreaded cholera? BY what
symptoms can it be recognized? Is
serum treatment worthless? These
and other points discussed by a re-
cent article printed in one or more
South Dakota newspapers have come
to the attention of DR.. G. c.. Lipp,
the new veterinarian at the state
college, and in an interview with the
college agricultural editor yesterday
The issued the following statements
as a partial reply:
1.-The attention of the veterinary
department of the state college has
been called to an article in one of
the papers having a wide circulation
within the state, to the effect that the
present disease which is causing the
loss of many hogs is not cholera. The
writer, Il lawyer, made several state
ments which are of such nauure as L.,
mislead many persons who are not
familiar with the present outbreak
or who do not recognize the contag-
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means for it's control and prevention.
In the article Just referred to, the
statement is made that it is extremely
doubtful if a single hog in this state
has had the choleda. 1t is, of course,
possible that other diseases may be
the cause of losses, but it is not pro-
bable that any of the other causes
would be as widespread, not only in
this state, but in all the hog-raising
states, as to cause the death of
thousands of hogs.
Not Necessarily Immediate Death
THE statement is made that hog
cholera generally risults in almost
immediate death. This is not in ac-
cord with we'll known facts. Hog
cholera may assume various forms
and it may so happen that when the
outbreak is virulent, a hog may show
no external symptoms until he is
about to die. This does not preclude
a case of cholera by any a
Other cases less acute may show sym
ptoms of the disease from several
days to several weeks before death
occurs. When the disease assume Il
more chronic form. the hog'may show
typical symptoms of cholera for sew
eral weeks. and occasionally make a
complete recovery.
Good Serum Is Effective.
ga third statement in the article
already mentioned is to the effect
that hogs vaccinated with serum for
the prevention of cholera die more
rapidly than others not so treated.
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| namely: the use of impotent serum,
the use of unclean Instruments, o:
the application of careless methods in
the hands of incompetent persons. 1t
has been fully demonstrated time
and time again that when potent
serum is properly used on healthy
hogs, the results will be most sat
isfactory. No claim is made for the
serum as curative. All hogs having
cholera when vaccinated are almost
certain to die. Many times farmers
or others, in their efforts to ave
hogs, vaccinate those showing no
external symptoms of the disease,
but which may already be developing
clear cases of cholera. These hogs die
and the serum receives the blame.
When the ~vaccinating is being done,
any hog that is suspected of being
diseased, should have its temperature
taken before va%ccinating. If the tenn
perature reaches los F.. or more,
it is evidence of the presence of the
disease. Such animals should not be
vaccinated as their loss will be al
most certain.
Don't Blame Worms.
"The statement is also made in the
article in question that much of the
loss is due to intestinal and kidney
worms. 1t is true that occasionally a
hog will be lost from intestiona1
worms. Very seldom indeed is a hog
lost from kidney worms, although
occasions have been recorded. 1t is
unquestionably an e~xaggeration of
the grossest kind to state that the
losses this fall in this state have
all been due to worms of any kind"