The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-07-03
FARM BUREAU TALKS
By H. A. IRELAND
About Hog Cholera.

A great many hogs over the coun-
ty are dying from some disease that
has been running in different locali-
ties for several months, causing SER
ious 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
| spotted, and sometimes partially de-
composed and filled with pus; the
animal coughs and breathes with diff
ficulty, shivers, is inclined to pile
up with other pigs, and rapidly runs
down in flesh. This form at least
seems to attack young animals much
more than mature ones.
In one herd where some 30 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
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animation of nine carcasses and found
nothing to make me think the dis
ease is cholera. In other herds some
symptoms of cholera appear and the
disease, if it be the same, has been
pronounced cholera by some veterin-
arians. Vaccination with cholera Sc
rum has been tried to some extent,
but as far as | 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-
tion of every hog raiser in the coun-
ty in order that its spread may be
prevented. No satisfactory medic
inal treatment for the trouble can
be given, hence preventive 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 condition
possible, giving them plenty of free
range with green feed and clean,
dry sleeping quarters. Do not per-
nit hogs to have access to mud holes
and filthy places or irrigation ditch
es which may carry infection. Pro-
vide animals with clean place to
wallow; a tank of concrete or lum-
ber set in the ground, kept filled
with water on which little crude
oil has been poured, is excellent.
Keep hogs free from worms If possi-
BILE; santonin and calomel are rec
commended for this purpose, to be Civ
en- at the rate of three grains of san
tonin and five grains of calomel for
each 85 pounds of live weight of
hogs in a little slop or thoroughly
mixed with little moist chopped
feed, after a 24-hour fast. Keep
troughs and feeding places free from
dust, and do not permit more than a
dozen animals to feed or sleep to-
gether. AS far as possible prevent
stray dogs or other creatures from
passing through the hog corrals as
long as the disease continues in the
neighborhood; it is well, too, not to
permit persons who have been near
infected herds to visit pens Where
well animals are kept
If the disease should break out,
separate the sick animals from those
that do not show the disease, taking
the we'll ones to quarters which have
been thoroughly disinfected; this is
better than to remove sick animals.
Use disinfectants, such as a two-per
cent solution of Creolin or similar
preparation, freely and carefully.
Burn or bury deeply all carcasses and
litter.