Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-28
TREATMENT FOR HOG cpOlERA.

TOR over fifty wears there has been a steady
hunt carried on by professional men
and stock raisers for reliable remedy Tor
hog cholera Investigation and experiment
have taken a wide range and are still In pro-
or ess. While many remedies have been IN
troduced and declared to be effective and
cures by these have been reported from time
IN time. the fact remains that when hog de-
velops a well defined case of cholera no rem
edv has vet been discovered that will restore
him To health. Quarantining deceased hogs.
DESTROYING those that have gone beyond the
Doint where recovery may be looked for with
some degree of confidence and thorough dls-
infection of the premises as well as all ex-
posed and deceased hogs, are the measures
most generally relied upon by both protes-
sional and practical men to rid herds OF the
dacease when IL appears on the farm. UP 10
the present time such measures have proved
the most effective in stamping out the de-
cease, Under present conditions thorough
disinfection is the cheapest and surest
method of keeping the herd free from the
decease.
So far as 1 can learn, Investigations have
been prosecuted along two lines: FIRST LOT
the discovery OF drug or the combination
of drugs, which, when administered 10 the
animal in some vehicle that would insure It's
reaching the stomach would at once counter
act the decease and restore the animal 10
its health; second, the manufacture OF
serum from the blood Of deceased hog'
which, when passed through second AMI
NAL would give serum sufficiently strong
TO cause a mild form of the decease from
I which the animal would soon recover, ana
g become immune to the decease Thereafter
II is on the same principle as incubation
with cowpox to render persons immune to
attacks of smallpox.
S Ofthe first methods, after all the remedies
: that have been put forth, very little success
r has been attained. Oft the second ii looks as
~ a good measure OF success will follow If the
inoculation is carefully performed and the
serum properly prepared. With herd Of
II valuable breeding hogs in which the value
/ of an individual would justify the calling in
an experienced veterinarian, 1t should prove
successful in rendering the hogs so treated
e immune to the decease, But the man with a
n large pnmber of market hogs could not anord
= the expense of such treatment without sacri-
! Acing a good share of bis expected profits.
And then who can tell whether or not the
u serum is all right until it has been tried on
N his hogsH If they prove immune when ex-
e posed to attacks of the decease 1t is all right,
n aud if they contract it and die ii is all wrong
and the owner foots the bill and stands the
expense. l have seen repeated failures
with tuberculin because of improper prepar-
l. alton and have become as suspicious oil
i, cholera serum as was of nitro culture as an
essential in the culture of clover or altaiia'
= While this practice is undoubtedly correct
Na | cd for naa Inv
:. the average farmer when his hogs are in
20 danger of an attack of the disease.
Ihave been watching the results of anoth-
~ err method Of combating the disease which so
IL far gives promise Of furnishing a remedy for
D hogs suffering from cholera. This method is
70 to attack the enemy from the rear, by using
injections. 1t is a well known fact that in this
disease the intestines are more involved than
the stomach, and while medicines admins
he tered in the usual way may clear the stomach
v of germs of the disease, they do not appear
10 to have much, IL any, effect upon the intes-
tines. and the animal dies. The prepare
q lions used in the experiments so far carried
n on is a per cent solution of zcnolium-one
j. part of zenolium to fifty parts of warm water
Reports on this treatment have been received
from South Dakota, Iowa and in single in
Ne stances in other States. So far the results
h. obtained give promise of complete success
of this method of treatment. In connection
III with thorough disinfection of both hogs and
N premises and a thorough cleaning up, II
rs seems to offer the most effective means YET
discovered of combating this disease. The
method of treating the diseased hogs is al
: follows:
IL Take a common wooden bucket, bore
T. hole in the bottom large enough to admit 4
tv quarter-inch rubber hose. Get hose of tha
description and run one end through the
: hole and secure il in such a manner that 4
will not pull out or obstruet the hole. Thii
r. hose should be eight to ten feet in length, 81
no as to insure a strong pressure when thu
bucket is hung up on wall or post. The
." higher the bucket is suspended the great
~ er the pressure. Tho solution of zeno
of lium is then put into the bucket-it must b.
GO warm-the bucket hung up, the free end o
the hose being tied with string TO proven
leaking. The hog to be treated is theI
81 brought within range and the end of the hos,
Oh worked as far as possible into the rectum
# the string united and the intestines flushed
-, out with the solution. When it is apparen
that as much of the solution a requireda h
es been injected, the hose should be withdraw
at and the solution allowed to escape. TIL
m amount will vary according to the size of tn
. hog, but il will run from pint to a quart
Enough of the solution will remain in the in
testines to destroy all the germs of the dis
ne ease and stop the inflammation which ha
,r- been set up. Generally a single treatmen
-; will be all that is required. In addition T.
this treatment a tablespoonful of full strength
1h zenolium should be given the hog each morn
lal ing I'm a bucket of slop. The enemy is thu
elf being attacked in both front and rear, an
so far, tests have been made with eminen
success. The hogs in the herd that have no
le- been attacked should be given the same dos
Ir. of zenolium in their slop for three morning
VI as a preventive measure, and all the her
IA dipped or sprayed with per cent solution
of zenOlium-one part zenolium to thirty part
ne of water. This will destroy any germs Of
d. their bodies and prevent re-infeetion. II tn
ad herd can then be changed to new quarter
-, the result will be more certain.
This treatment is not patented and the cos
III is very light per head. The zenolium can b
srs had Of any druggist, and only small GUAM
is tty is necessary to test its efficacy. 1t shout
. be given trial by everyone whose hogs ar
attacked by cholera or swine plague .-Amer
10 lean swineherd.
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