The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-15
TO PROTECT HOGS
IN TENNESSEE
Rules Made BY the State De-
partment of Agriculture
Will Help Farmers
HOG CHOLERA is DANGEROUS
Points Outlined in These Rules Can be
Made a Basis for Good Livestock
Farming-sanitation an Important
Factor in Keeping Hogs Healthy.


Millions of dollars have been lost
on farms in the United States through
the ravages of hog cholera. Tennes'
see has lost her share. Some sections
of the state have been threatened with
the determination of all hogs.
Hog cholera is highly contagious
and for that reason rules to govern
conditions within state are neces'
sary In Tennessee an order embrac'
Ing all of the recognized rules for the
proper regulation of hog cholera has
been issued from the state department
of agriculture and is signed by II. X.
Bryson, commissioner of agriculture
and VI, Jacob, state veterinarian
This order states:
That hogs infected with or exposed
10 hog cholera shall not run at large
or be driven on ranges, commons or
public roads nor have access to run
ming water. Such hogs must be con
fined in strict quarantine.
Dead Hogs Dangerous, Too!
That carcasses of hogs that have
died of cholera must be sent to rem
upllHB luuh VI COlhpiStSAJ
the premises.
That hogs VaccinaiEd by the serum
simultaneous (serum and virus) meth
cd must be confined in strict quaran-
tine for a period of at least twenty
ono days
That all public stock yards, abat
toir pens or similar places in the state
are hereby placed in quarantine-as
regards the handling swlne-and all
persons, firms or corporations are pro
hibited from, removing swine there
from for any purpose other than i'm
mediate slaughter.
That no person shall use virulen;
blood (virus) from cholera infected
hogs in vaccinating hogs against
cholera, unless said person holds q
written permit issued by the safe
veterinarian since February 10th l9l6
That no person, firm or corporation
shall distribute, sell or use virulen'
blood (virus) from cholera infected
hogs unless said person, firm or cor
poration holds a written permit ISSUED
by the state veterinarian since Feb
ruary 10TH 1916.
That no person. firm or corporation
shall distribute or sell virulent BLOOD
fyirus) from cholera infected hogH t
any person, firm or corporation no
holding written permit issued by thu
state veterinarian since February 10Th
1916.
That no person, firm or corporat4oi
ahall receive for transportation or dc
liver for transportation, within TN
state virulent blood (virus) from
cholera infected hogs, unless said viru
lent blood (virus) is consigned to som
person, firm or corporation holding al
official permit issued by the stat
veterinarian since February 10th, 1917
That whenever virulent bloc
(virus) from cholera infected hogs l
offered for sale or distribution, tn
term Virus" must be plainly ind
Gated on the exterior of the package
box or container in which 1t is 1inall
offered for sale or distribution.
That the treatment of hogs by tn
serum-simultaneous (serum and virus
method must in every instance be in
mediately reported to the state vete
marian on blanks furnished by thi
department. Such report blanks WI
also be furnished to recognized an
licensed anti-hog cholera serum an
hog cholera virus manufacturers g
distributors to be included with eac
and every shipment of virulent no
cholera blood (virus).
That no person, firm or corporate
shall sell, offer for sale or distribui
anti-hog cholera serum within tn
state unless said person, firm or co
poration holds written permit issue
by the state veterinarian
Sale of Bad Serum Prevented.
That the sale or distribution OF AM
hog cholera serum and hog cholel
virus from establishments which o
tain their animals from public stof
Yards, abattoir pens or similar place
is hereby prohibited.
That the sale or distribution OF an
hog cholera serum and hog cholel
virus from establishments locate
within public stock yards or with
other centers of infection is herel
prohibited.
That the sale or distribution In al
manner of anti-hog cholera serum al
hog cholera virus from establishment
located in Tennessee is prohibited u
less the plans of construction, locate
and method of operating said plan
are approved by this department.
That nothing in this order shall pl
hibit or interfere with the Unit
States Department of Agricultu
through its Bureau of Animal Indust
in the use and distribution of t
Veterinary Biological products frc
It's laboratories.
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