The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-03-07
HOG.CHOlERA SERUM TREAT.
MENT ALONE versus SERUM
AND SANITATION.


No protective agent against hog
cholera yet discovered equals In effec-
tiveness the Dorset-Niles serum, or.
under certain conditions, the serum
and virulent cholera blood administer.
ed at the same time-simultaneously.
Notwithstanding the gratifying re-
suits that are being secured from the
use of the serum, however, all of the
lhog-producing states are more or less
discouraged at the continuance and
spread of hog-cholera.
From recent Investigations made, In
Guiding all the states Of the union, it
has been found that while the serum
accomplishes all that could reasonably
be expected of 1t In the way of protec-
ton, the sanitary regulations, such as
the careful disposal of infected car
casses, thorough disinfection of prem
ises, etc., are, in the majority Of In
stances, being more or less neglected
or ignored; and there can be little
doubt that it Is to this neglect, in the
main, that the maximum of good re-.
suits is not being secured.
1t should be indelibly impressed upon
the mind of every hog owner in the
State that cholera is one of the most
infectious Of animal diseases: and
while the serum may protect the well
hogs in an outbreak, it will not, and
does not, prevent the spread of the ins
lection from the diseased carcasses,
if the latter are not effectually destroy
| ed, either by burning or deep burial
with lime, and other sanitary measures
adopted to kill the infection and pre-
vent its being spread to other herds.
In other words: To use the serum only,
without adopting strict sanitary meas
ures along with it, Is tantamount to
keeping the disease alive just for the
fun of trying to protect against 1t. This
is not as it should be, and is certainly
not the end sought to be accomplished
by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board
which Is charged with the control Of
this infectious and expensive disease,
nor. we would hope, by Intelligent hog
owners themselves. Nevertheless, this
is precisely what is being done by
many at the present time, and 1t is
largely due to this condition of affairs
that hog-cholera is being permitted to
spread, Notwithstanding the extensive
use of the serum.
The point to be strongly urged here,
Ia, that the serum, although most
valuable protective agent In itself. Is
an aid, or adjunct, only, in the control
and eradication of hog-cholera infec.
ton; the main thing being the adop-
ton and strict enforcement Of neces-
sary and thorough sanitary measures,
as required by law and the regulations
If the State Live Stock Sanitary Board.
Louisiana has one of the very best
live stock sanitary laws, and set Of
regulations, in the whole country.
Laws of such a character are not en-
acted, nor regulations adopted. to work
a hardship on any one, but are for the
general good Of the people; and the
authorities, in trying to enforce the
law and the regulations-for the gen.
eral should receive the assist
ance and hearty cooperation Of every
one for whose benefit the law was
made.
The State Live Stock Sanitay Board,
with headquarters at Baton Rouge,
prepares and distributes the protective
serum for the benefit Of our hog own.
ers, but, at the same time, the law un.
der which the Board was created also
requires that it's sanitary regulations
be carried out This can not be effec-
lively accomplished, however, without
the cooperation Of our people, who
are vitality, or otherwise, interested,
which includes our parish authorities
as well as individuals.
With serum and sanitation combin.
ed, there is every reason to hope for
successful results; to depend upon Sc
rum alone, is only trifiing with the
problem.
La. State Live Stock Sanitary Board,
DR.. e. PEGRAM FLOWER,
Secretary and Executive Officer
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