Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03
DR. w. B. NILES GIVES EXCELLENT
~ ADDRESS ABOUT HOG CHOLERA

use. That's cholera serum. Twenty
cubic centimeters Of 1t injected into a
| we'll hog, will keep him well II he Is
| put in with cholera hogs.
1.-THE injection will immunize the hos
| only for a few weeks. Its benefits are
| merely temporary. If serum alone is
used, sometimes some animals Of the
| herd will be permanently immunized.
and some will be only immunized tenn
| porarily.
| Tho Simultaneous Treatment.
IF you inject into susceptible hogs
| serum and also blood tainted with
cholera germs, you get permanent i'm
munity. That is called the simultan-
eous treatment. In the serum there is
no hog cholera virus and the immunity
Is only temporary.
1T is possible to give hogs the
cholera by using the simultaneous
treatment If the serum used is impo-
tent and not strong enough, and the
cholera virus is stronger than the
serum the hog will have the cholera
and will probably die.
The government has found that the
! best and most lasting results come
! from the use of the serum and tainted
| blood simultaneously, provided that the
serum is good. and that it is given in
| sufficiently large doses.
| Why Cholera is Increasing.
! It's a fair question to ask. why is
! it that in the swine producing states
! that are producing the most serum
hog cholera is more widespread and
common this year than probably any
other one year, One answer is that
there We're more hogs than ever be-
| fore. Another answer is that the
chances for communication between
herds is easier and better than it ever
| was before Thus the disease is more
quickly spread.
However true this may be there Is
no question but that there has been
| a great saving of animals in herds
which We're treated before the disease
| was too far advanced If YOU will treat
your hogs with the simultaneous treat
ment before they get sick they are not
| likely to take the disease. If you wait
until your hogs are sick. or stagger
or remain in the nest you are wasting
your serum on such hogs. The chances
are they will die anyway.
| IF you treat all the hogs of herd
| of say forty as soon as you know a
! few have the first symptoms of the
disease. rising temperature. those you
will save out of the herd will probably
| correspond in number about with those
that are running a fever.
| IF some of the hogs are plainly sick
and more are running fever. you Will
find if you treat them at that stage
| that you will save a good share OF
those which have fever.
Give Good Sized Doses.
The dose for a we'll hog that shows
no fever is not large enough for a
! hog that is running a temperature
! The treatment will not cure a hog
that is plainly sick. but it will save
| a good share Of those which are just
beginning to show fever.
when you hire veterinarian dc
not ask him to stint the doses. Sup
/ pose it does cost more. or 10 cubic
| centimeters more may save the hog
when that much less would not save
! him. Twenty cubic centimeters for
100-pound shoat would probably
save such an animal while fifteen GU
bic centimeters might not be enough
to keep the hog Well 1t is better to
waste five cubic centimeters than tc
lose the hog.
"A pig weighing seventy five tc
eighty pounds may need thirty tc
thirty-five cubic centimeters Herd
and animals differ in their susceptible
ity to the disease and treatment. Pure
bred hogs. that are plump and fat
we have found, die more quickly OF
cholera than do the ordinary farm
hogs that are rougher and less fat"
Does Not Effect Breeding.
The first question asked DR.. Nile!
was whether serum treatment effected
the susceptibility Of the animal fol
breeding purposes. He said, No
In answer to another question n
urged frequent distinction of no:
houses and yards. In the case Of hare
foored houses or feeding yards flood
ing them with any good disinfectan
was effective.
He did not recommend using tn
simultaneous treatment on 6-weeks
old pigs, unless they are in imminen
danger from the disease. He suggeste
using the serum only. and the stimuli
taneous treatment when the pigs go
little older
The government, he said, had teste
many so-caled specifics alleged to b.
cures or representatives. for hog cholera
1t had never yet found any prevent
ative except the serum made accord
ing to the governments formula.