Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-31

past year, has been conducting cam
paigns in Indiana, Missouri Iowa and
Nebraska to control the contagious
disease of hogs known as hog chol-
era by means of anti-hog cholera
serum and farm quarantine In one
county (Pettis county, Missouri where
there was a loss of IS per cent in
1911 and $50 per cent in 1912 of all
hogs raised, there was only a 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 I'M
til August, 1913, materially reduced
the loss. About 10000 hogs were
raised during the past year and of the
10000 that died of the hcg cholera
only about 1000 were lost after the
active use of serum and quarantine
measures were inaugurated.
In every county where these meas
ares were employed, even though be-
gun 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 it's great function as
a preventive, it has been found that
the antihog- cholera serum would cure
a large proportion of hogs in the early
stages of the disease and render them
immune after recovery. However, OF
hogs are not treated by this serum,
from rs to 100 per cent of all affected
herds, die. This serum, so far as is
known, is the only thing that will pre-
vent the disease.
OF hogs actually sick when treated,
the Departments inspectors lost but
% per cent during the past summer
Of we'll 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 inoculated
with the serum. In an infected herd
there is always a certain proportion of
hogs that are we'll
The inspector examines the hogs
when he arrives, takes the temperature
of all hogs il the herd and separates
the sick from the we'll The tempera-
ture is an indication of the sickness
The temperature of a sick hog, unless
the hog is near death, will run above
1O4 and sometimes as high as 1O7 or
1OS F.
Some states are engaged in the man
ufacture of serum to cure this disease.
This serum requires special treatment
to preserve its quality and a qualified
man to produce it. Sufficient serum to
treat an average hundred pound hog
costs about thirty cents at a liberal es-
innate The treatment is by hypoder.
mic injection.
The Department in initiating its
campaign against the devastating hog
disease has only been able to com
mence in a 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
teen to endeavor to control the disease
and if possible, to eliminate it from
the country. To secure this end the
best efforts Of the farmer himself are
Necessary. The campaign against this
Devastating sickness during 1918 was
planned in the territory selected along
three lines:
l. The education and organization
Of the farmers in the districts selected
to be carried out primarily by the state
college,
2. The enforcement Of sanitaticI,
AID restrictive regulations by the
state veterinarian.
9. Active supervision by the Bureau
# Animal Industry of the Department
and the inoculation of diseased herds
and exposed herds with the antibog-