The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-09-03
THE USE OF HOG
CHOLERA SERUM.
prepared by N. D. Experiment Sta
How to Obtain Serum.

CHOLERA SERUM.
prepared by N. D. Experiment Sta.)
How to Obtain Serum.
Serum can be used to make hogs i'm
mune from hog cholera. It is neces-
sary, however, to have good serum, or
no immunity will result.
In order to make it possible for the
farmers in North Dakota to secure
good serum, the State Serum Institute,
Agricultural College, North Dakota,
have on hand quantity of serum that
has been tested. This can be secured
at the rate Of $1.37 per &C. 1t takes
40 &C. or fifty-five cents worth, to i'm
munize 100 pound hog. AS the hog
is larger or smaller, proportionately
greater or less quantity must be used.
The State Serum Institute gives the
following instructions for ordering
serum.
/. The serum is injected with syr
inge; the best kind is the one made of
all metal, with metal plunger, and
slip needle, and not larger than 30 &C.
This can be secured for $500 to $3.50.
By cleaning and oiling after using,
one of the syringes will last long
time.
When ordering serum, the quantity
necessary for injection is determined
by the weight of the hogs to be in
jected. Therefore, when ordering Sc
rum, statement of the approximate
weight of each hog should be sent with
the order, being careful never to UNI
derestimate the weight, and by so do
ing sufficient quantity can be for
warded Immediately.
Any person ordering serum should
send either cash or check drawn in
favor of the State Serum Institute, or
have the same sent c. o. D. leash on
delivery. In either case, the serum
will be shipped by express.
How to Inject the Serum.
The effectiveness of the serum treat
ment for preventing hog cholera, de-
ponds a good deal on its being prop
erly injected. The serum contains an
active agent that makes the hog inn
mune to hog cholera. 1t is necessary
that the serum be injected into the
proper tissues, and that everything
be kept clean, SO that germs are not
brought in with the needle in making
the injection. The veterinary depart
ment of the North Dakota Experiment
Station gives the following instruc-
tions and precautions in making the
injections.
whenever possible, the injection Of
serum should be entrusted to exper-
fenced veterinarians, and in making
the injections, the following points are
worth remembering:
"Be scrupulously clean in every de-
tail. Syringes should be either steril-
lied by boiling in weak soda solution
or by rinsing with a hot five per cent
carbolic acid solution. The skin at
the point of innoculation must be
thoroughly cleansed with two per
cent solution of lysol, creolin, or SINH
lar antiseptic.
"The inner side of the thigh is the
best place Of injection, inserting the
injection needle deeply into the mus
cles of the ham. When in heavier an
finals large quantities of serum are to
be injected, other places may be Sc
lected in addition to the one mention
ed. Among those we mention the soft
tissues behind the shoulder and be-
hind the ears. Do not inject more
than 80 &C, at any one place, as volum-
nous injections at any given place
may encourage adscess formation.
"Do not underestimate the weight of
the hogs to be treated, as this would
result in short dosage. Regardless of
what is stated on the label of the Sc
rum bottle, we deem it prudent to
give about 40 &C serum for every one
hundred pounds Of live hog, especially
so IN the ANIMALS at or below tnaC
weight A set Of scales is a valuable
implement when treating hogs.
"The small animals are best held
up by the hind legs when making the
injections, while those Of considerable
size may be snubbed to post by
means of a cord fastened about the
snout.
do not depend on curing sick hogs
by means of serum injections. While
it appears that good serum, when in
jected in large doses, will often cure
hogs already sick, we do not have suf-
ficient evidence upon which we could
recommend such procedure" z
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