Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-07-10
i;a.lM BUREAU TALKS
ABOUT HOG CHOLERA


try are dying from some disease that
has been RUNNING in different local
tiles for several months, causing seri-
Gus losses to some swine breeders
and feeders. The disease, in some
respects, resembles cholera, While in
other ways seeming quite different
! from that disease. In some cases the
trouble seems to be entirely in the
animals lungs, these appearing spot
ted, aud sometimes partially decom-
posed and filled with pus; the animal
coughs and breaths with difficulty,
shivers, is inclined to pile up with
other Digs, and rapidly runs down in
flesh This form at least scans to
attack young animals much more
than mature ones.
In one herd where some thirty head
Of spring pigs have died, not sin
gle case has appeared among brood
sows or stock hogs although all have
been kept practically together. In
this herd | made post-mortem exam
intion of nine carcases and found
nothing to make me think the disease
is cholera. In other herds some
symptoms of cholera appear and the
disease, if be the same, has been
pronounced cholera by some veterin-
arians. Vaccination with cholera SER
um has been tried to some extent,
but as far as l have been able to
learn, without any marked benefit.
Just how the disease was introduced
would be difficult to say though it
was probably brought in with Ship
ment of hogs from another state.
Whatever the disease may prove to
be the seriousness of it is not to be
ignored. 1t seems certain that it is
highly infectious and as such it
should be given the careful atten-
ton of every hog raiser in the coun-
try in order that it's spread may be
prevented. No satisfactory med,cin
al treatment for the trouble can be
given, hence prevntieve measures are
of more than usual Importance.
A few rules in this connection may
be of use if carefully followed out.
Keep the hogs in the best condi-
ton possible, giving them plenty of
free range with green feed and clean
dry sleeping quarters. Do not permit
hogs to have access to mud holes and
filthy places or irrigation bitches
which may carry infection. Provide
animals with clean place to wal
ow; tank of concrete or lumber sst |
n the ground, kept filled with clean /
water on which a little crude oil |
las been poured, is excellent. Keep |
logs free from worms if possible; san
onin and calomel are recommended |
or this purpose, to be given at the
ate of three grains of santonin and
i've grains of calomel for each eighty
i've pounds of live weight of hogs in
little slop or thoroughly mixed in
little moist chopped feed, after
wenty-four hour fast. Keep troughs
md feeding places free from dust,
nd do not permit more than doz-
N animals to feed or sleep togeth-
r. AS far rs possible prevent stray
logs or other creatures from pass
ng through the hog corrals as long
s the disease continues in the neigh
it is well too not to per-
nit persons who have been near
Infected herds to visit pens where
veil animals are kept.
If the disease should break out,
eparate the sick animals from
hose that do not show the disease,
aking the well ones to quarters that
ave been thoroughly disinfected;
his is better than to remove sick
nimals. Use disinfectants such as
two-percent solution of Creolin or
imilar preparation, freely and care
ully burn or bury deeply all carcases
nd litter. H. A. IRELAND,
County Agricultural Agent.