The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-10
PLACES HOG CHOLERA
CURE With EXPERTS

Administration Of the serum virus
treatment for hog cholera under the
control Of the state by scientifically
trained men in the employ Of the state
is the milan feature of q plan offered
for insuring the restocking OF the large
areas Of Minnesota swept by hog
cholera last year at a loss estimates
at between $4,000, 900 n 5000, 600.
| The plan is offered by DR.. M. H. Rey-
nolds, chief Of the veterinary division
of the college Of agriculture and mem
Der Of the state livestock sanitary
board. It is intended as a means Of
protecting the hog breeders Of the
state against the spread Of vaccina-
ton cholera which Is just as danger
Gus as natural cholera.
By the serum-virus treatment Is
meant the method by which active
virus and minimizing serum are in
jected in the animal at the same time.
Should the person administering the
virus make a mistake, or should he
use it in connection with boot serum!
conditions, vaccination cholera will
result. Therefore, the plan Of admin
istering and distributing serum-virus
is the most serious one for the hog
breeders.
A Blessing or a Curse.
On the distribution and administra-
ton of it, DR.. Reynolds claims, the
value Of the treatment depends. He
says:
1T is verv Main that the ser,,u-
virus method will in the future prove
a great blessing If it can be kept I'M
der proper control and that it will
| prove a curse to livestock interests If
it cannot be kept under proper con-
troll. 1t is doubtful whether this treat
ment has not done. more harm In
spreading cholera than good in saving
threatened herds, because of the ire
sponsible use of the serum virus
method"
Under DR.. Reynolds plan the virus
would be handled and administered
exclusively by scientifically trained
men employed by the state. 1t would
be administered to healthy herds in
infected territory and to apparently
the supply Of natural virus may be
limited. It would be used rarely in
uninfected territory. A limited mum
Der of field veterinarians would be
employed by the state to administer
the treatment in occasional cases in
uninfected territory. :"
Serum Supplied at Low Price,
Local veterinarians would be en-
ployed to give the treatment to herds
in infected territory. The veterinar-
ians would be paid out Of a FUND sub
scribed by the farmers for whom work
was done; h charge for the service
would be based on the amount Of serum
used or, the numbe of hogs treated,
The state would supply the serum at a
low price to the limit of the serum
plants capacity.
The question of pay for veterinar.
lans employed by the state to admins
ter the treatment a not been def.
nitely decided. A rate Of SIS for an
veterinarian. Is suggested in the plan
He would do the work on an order
from the state n would receive pay
from the state. - :
fourths Of the cost Of producing the
serum. DR.. Reynolds. would have this
condition reversed SO that the user OF
the serum would pay t~hree-fourths OF
would enable the state serum plant &c
become self-sustaining and the cost tC
the hog breeder for the veterinary
Serylce ana the serum inc virus would
ttmeter for the amount used.
Advantages OF Plan.
Advantages claimed for the plan are;
Uniformity in dose, and method
prompt reporting and determination az
to when and where the virus may be
men who did not get results could be
quickly dropped from the lists. vacci.
nation cholera could be under state oh.
~servation from the first and neighbor.
hoods. would be insured protection
| Veterinarians doing the work would
have no money transactions with thv
owners of hogs, but would receive
their pay from the state.
"As previously suggested" DR.. Rey-
nolds says, There is no thought OF
forcing this upon .hog-owners. The
plan is to offer them something sc
much better and so much cheaper tina
they can get by Independently using
serum-yirus and private veterinary
service and SO violating the Law, that
they will be glad to avail themselves
of the plan as a privilege"
The plan has been approved by off
GERS of the livestock sanitation board
and DR.. Fl. Preston Hoskir1a In charge
of the state serum planta