The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-06
HOG CHOLERA HITS
COUNTY, 40 HEAD
ARE ALREADY LOST
County Agricultural Agent II. G.
Stewart Warns All Hog Raisers
to Have Animals vaccinated
Without Delay.

Hog cholera has hit Bernaiiiio
county.
In the last ten days. forty heGs
worth about $500 rave periehed from
the disease. Unless the cooperation
a. the farmers IL secured, tine disease
viii spread TO alarming proportions.
vaccination replied N. G. Stew
art. county agricultural agent yester-
day. when asked as TO the steps neces-
sary 20 check the spread Of hog chol-
era.
spreads Mechanically.
The disease II spread by mechan-
ical means continued Mr. Stewart.
1T can be transmitted by a dog trot-
ting over tho infected area. by irri-
CATION waters. and. OF course. by con-
tact.
The principal way 10 fight this
danger Is by a special method 81 vac
cination. All hogs In the county
should be v~accinated Immediately.
and l snnot urge the farmers too
strongly 10 attend 10 this matter be-
fore IL Is too late"
Besides vaccination. sanitation is
an important factor ut this stage of
the fIght agalns; the epidemic. Fed
oral veterinarians nave published tho
following directions:
IAN that IL necessary to prevent
hog cholera is 10 keep the germ OF
the disease away from h herd. The
enforcement OF a complete quarantine
Is. however. not practicable under
average EARN conditions. and the best
that can be hoped FOR is the lessening
~ the opportunity for Infection by
placing the herd on n part OF the
farm hat will be the least accessible
to men or animals from other farms.
: Hos lots should never bc located rear
public roads IL this can be avoided.
All newly purchased stock should be
kept separate from the main herd for
AT least thirty days.
in addition to protecting the herd
by methods OF quarantine. careful, at
tention should be given 10 the gem
eral health of the herd. Tho hogs
should be provided with clean. dry
sleeping places. and the lots and feed
troughs should be kept clean. IL IL
well occasionally to scatter slaked
lime about the lots and to wash and
disinfect the troughs. Probably the
best disinfectant for this purpose il
the compound solution Of cresol
which can be prepared at any drug
store. one part o. this should he
mixed with thirty parts Df water and
the troughs scrubbed with H. The
disinfectant is then washed out OF
the trOughs with water.
Cleanliness Essential.
After an outbreak of hog cholera
the yards and pens should he thor
oughiy cleaned, all dead hogs should
he burned or buried deep with qiick
Wine. the litter should be collected
and burned, and lime scattered freely
over the ground. The sheds and hog
houses should be washed thoroughly
with the solution OF cresol as above
described before new stock il brought
on the place. Feeding troughs that
have been used by sick piss should be-
burned II made OF wood. but IL this {,
not practicable they should be scrub.
bed clean and thoroughly soaked with
the cresol solution. the latter beine
washed out before the troughs are
used again.
~ ~ R'Hhihtt 20 HAAlA an hNiuTfh 1
OF hos cholera In n herd by bringing
hogs on the farm that have had the
disease and ave apparently ecov-
cred. We have no definite Information
concerning the length OF time that
such hog1 may be able TO commuui-
cate the disease to others. but for
safety's sake two or three months
should be allowed 10 elapse after
complete recovery before placing
81 n an animal with susceptible pigs,
and then only after washing or dip
ping in a disinfectant solution (com.
pound solution Of cresol, I to 1909.
Formula j. Suggested.
I'm Farmers Bulletin "a, Or. y. f.
Salmon gave the following formula
FOR a medicine which was used many
years n as a preventative and cure
for hog cholera:
Pounds
Wood charcoal ............ /
Nhlphui eel tt.t..t '.f.s trtt
sodium chlorid .......,.... Q