Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
Suggestions For Hog
Cholera Prevention
and It's Control,

era in recent years and the great losses
sustained are still WILDLY Impressed
on the minds Of farmers and breeders
and considerable thought Is undoubted-
lly given as to the best way and meaiis
OF preventing a like occurrence this
year.
1t must be borne in mind the disease
Is Of germ origin, and is acquired by
hogs thru contamination Of their food
supply This contamination may take
place in variety Of ways. principally,
carrying the disease germs on small
particles Of dirt or manure gathered
up from places where the disease has
been or Is present.
The majority Of hog pens are in a
filthy condition, as result of the ac-
cumulation Of litter and manure
gathered thru months and perhaps
years. Many times food is scattered In
the pens and becomes contaminated by
all kinds Of filth before being eaten by
the hog, hence If cholera has existed
the litter and manure has been satur.'
ated with the body discharges Of sick
animals, and is alive with germs.
TO control the disease, owners OF
hogs must be educated to the impor-
tance.of sanitary measures, and not be
permitted to lapse into Indifference be-
cause Of the possible use of serum as
q cure or preventive. - re
A steady war should be waged on
pigeons and crows, which feed in in
fected pens and carry the disease all
over the country. .I
Dogs are frequent carriers Of the dis
ease and should not be allowed to run
at large, even on owners premises, II
cholera exists in the neighborho bod.
Stock buyers, strangers and neigh
bors visiting the premises should keep
away from hog pens, and the indtyid-
ual owner should not let his curiosity
lead him to tramp near or in hog pens
belonging to his neighbor.
- All outbreaks must be quarantined
and only owner or his help allowed to
go near the diseased animals. To cur
tail the losses, the single treatment
should be given and the operator and
helpers must take the precaution OF
using rubbers while working, renov-
ing and disinfecting them after com :
pletion of the vaccination.
Explicit directions should be given
by the veterinarian that pens are to
be cleaned daily and disinfected with a
solution Of cresol U. s. p, six ounces
to a gallon or soft water.
Above all, dead hogs are to be buried
or burned. Allowing dead hegs to re-
main unburied, the placing of dead
hogs in low places, or dried Sup water
courses should be made misdemeanor.
If no statute covers these matters then
sanitary authorities should adopt reg
ulations which will effectively deal with
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Wagons used in removing dead hogs,
or in drawing away litter and manure
from the pens should underSno circum-
stances be taken onto the public high :
way. FL s.,.,. y 4. 80. @as.aql. &;
Thorough and complete disinfection
OF. the pens and yards should be prac-
ticed daily, using the SdisinfectantS OF
the strength already described. Where
outbreaks occur, stock buyers should
be warned against visiting the prem
ises and should be advised of the great
danger there is in his carrying the in
lection from farm to farm. and to
avoid it 4-by using rubbers, to be re-
moved and disinfected after visiting
individual farms, no matter whether
cholera exists on the premises or not.
Railroad stock yards are prolific
source Of spread, and regulation
should be issued forbidding the re :,
moyal of hogs from stock yards ex-
cept for shipment by rail flor immedi- ).
ate slaughter. Railroad yards and
pens should be cleaned of all litter and
manure and then disinfected after each
shipment, .;2. s. El,t
Persons delivering stock to these
yards should be warned, by posted no.
.tices, to avoid going into yards"
\ AS the disease is without doubt taken
up with the food supply. the question
arises: How best protect it from in
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It Is suggested small feeding pens be
built with closely woven wire fence to
which hogs should be admitted only at
feeding time. These pens should have
q cement floor, which must be kept
clean of all litter and manure and then
sprinkled with the solution previously
mentioned. Troughs should be disin-
fected and lifted off the floor and ex-
posed to the sun. l
i Sleeping quarters should be arranged
SO they can be kept cleaned and disin-
fected. Good pastures away from
water courses and roads are necessary
In order to prevent any infection being
carried by stray animals, or from con-
water q
/ As further precaution. not only
against hog cholera but against various
parasites which swine are often
troubled with, dipping vat can be
built with very little expense and a
cheap disinfectant used. y
3 The disease is not borne In the air
but is acquired by taking into the .sys-
tenn the disease germs. 5
I Protect your hogs from coming In
contact with sick hogs and protect their
food and water supply from contain
ination. ss+
When the disease has existed, It il
Wise to provide new quarters entirely
for the brood sows While young pigs
from immune mothers carry an Inn
munity forya short time they are liable
TO Infection later II permitted to re-
main II infected quarters. 1t Is well
to plow and seed the old yards.
Z. She Told Her Nsisbber
n II told q neighbor whose very young
child had Group about Foley's Honey
and Tar" writes Mrs, Rehkamp, 124O4
Herman ST., Covinston, KY. .Eher
thought that the child surely would die
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