Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-01-30
HOW HOG CHOLERA
is BEING COMBATED.
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campaigns in Indiana, Missouri, Iowa
and Nebraska to control the contag-
ious disease of hogs known as hog
cholera by means Of anti-hog cholera
serum and farm qdarantines. In one
county (Pettis county, Missouri
where there was loss of is per cent
in 1911 and 25.G per cent in 1912 o.
all hogs raised, there was only loss
of 14.7 per cent up to november, 1913
This decrease was due to the use OF
the serum, which although not used
there by the departments agents un-
til August, 1913, materially reduced
the loss. About $4,000 hogs were rails
ed during the past year and of the
10000 that died of the hog cholera
only about 1000 were lost after the
active use of serum and quarantine
measures were inaugurated.
In every county where these meas
ures were employed, though begun
after the disease had continued its
ravages for some time, there was less
loss from hog cholera than in either
of the two preceding years.
In addition to its great function as
preventive, 1t has been found that
the anti-hcg-cholera serum would
cure large proportion of hogs in the
early stages of the disease and reu-
der them immune after recovey. How
ever, If hogs are not treated by this
serum, from 75 to 100 per cent OF all
affected herds, die. This serum. 50
far as is known, is the only thing
that will prevent the disease.
OF hogs actually sick when treat
ed, the departments inspectors lost
but 25 per cent during the past sum-
mer. OF well hogs in diseased herds,
2.S per cent died after being treated
and of hogs in exposed herds less
than ! per cent died after being in
oculated with the serum. In an in
fected herd there is always a certain
portion Of hogs that are well.
The inspector examines the hogs
when he arrives, takes the temper
ature of all hogs in the herd and SEN
arates the sick from the we'll The
temperature is an indication of the
sickness. The temperature of a sick
hog, unless the hog is near death, will
run above 104 degrees and sometimes
as high as 107 degrees or 10S degrees
Fahrenheit.
Some states are engaged in the
manufacture of serum to cure this
disease. This serum requires special
treatment to preserve its quality and
a qualified man to produce it. Suffic-
lent serum to treat an average hun
dred-pound hog costs about thirty
cents at a liberal estimate. The treat
ment is by hypodermic injection.
The department in initiating its
campagn against the devastating hog
disease has only been able to COM
mence in few of the districts where
the cholera was the most widespread
and where the active cooperation of
the state was offered in enforcing the
ordinary quarantine measures. etc.
The object of the department has
been to endeavor to control the dis
ease and IL possible, to eliminate il
from the country. To secure this end
the best efforts of the farmer himself
are necessary. The campaign against
this devastating sickness during 1913
was planned in the territory selected
along three lines.
l. The education and organization
OF the farmers in the districts select
ed, to be carried out primarily by the
State college.
2 The enforcement of sanitation
and restrictive regulations by the
state veterinarian.
3. Active supervision by the bureau
OF animal industry OF the department
and the inoculation of diseased herds
and exposed herds with the anti-hog-
cholera serum.
A county in each state was selected
ms a unit and the method of work in
that county was, BRIEFLY for the state
college to secure the co-operai,n Of
intellingent active farmers in each
township in the county. These men
were called volunteer assistants and
they were to keep in close communi-
cation with the departments Inspector
stationed In that area keeping him in
formed of conditions and securing sta
tistics concerning the hog industry, In
this manner conditions were pretty
well learned in tho territory undar
insgection When an outbreak Of hog
cholera was reported the department's
inspector went to that outbreak and
soped all the hogs be could by treat
ment with th serum. AS The disease
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