Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-21
TUBERCULOSIS IN HOGS


plague OF tuberculosis In your swine.
Raw milk from tuberculous COW
VIII sooner or later certainly carry
the germs of tuberculosis To your
hoss. y little care will prevent this.
Scald all SKINNED milk buttermilk
or whey. Even boiling will not lessen
! their feeding value. Either scaling.
boiling, or Pasteurizing--tha is. heat
ing TO lt5 degrees Fahrenheit and hold
ing at that temperature for thirty
minutes-will kill all germs of tu-
DerculoSis ana also render harmless
stray germs OF many other animal
diseases No farmer. unless his herd
is tuberculinteSted and free from tu-
oerculosis. should feed his skinned
milk raw to his swine. lie is taking
an unnecessary risk OF having them
rejected at the slaughter house
Raw skinned milk and bu,termilll
from creameries and whey from cheese
factories are particularly dangerous.
III there happens to he only one tu-
berculous herd on the creamery route
the skinned milk from that farm NAV
spread tuberclc bacilli through all the
mix in the skinned milk tank Cook
all raw milk taken home from the
creamery Better yet. join with your
neiEhbors in insisting that the cream
cry shall Pasteurize skinned milk be-
tore II is delivered. Such pasteuriza-
tioh prevents the creamery from be-
coming distributing point for animal
diseaSes. the germs OF which get into
MIX III your creamery delivers Pas
tcurized skinned milk. see that Your
own cans are sterilized before YOU take
your share. The little raw milk left
IN your own cans may contaminate the
fasteurized milk furnished by the
creamery
RAW garbage, raw slaughter-house
o!,Hl the raw flesh of dead chickens, or
other carrion, also are very liable 10
contain germs Of tuberculosis that
VIII infect your hogs. Cook All raw
garbage or meat before YOU give il TO
your animals. Garbage so prepared is
eNeeiient food for hogs. provided it is
Lo, aesomposed before it is cooked
Keep garbage containers clean, and
construct piggeries where sterilized
carnage is prepared and fed, so that
they may be cleaned readily. Prepared
tahkaGe from slaughter houses is free
from danger, as it's preparation in.
FolFes thorough cooking or stcrjliZa
ton ~o
me droppnGs Of tuberculous cows
especially Of those in which the dis.
ease is of long standing, are almost
ee,.ain 10 contain large numbers Of
Hogs having access IN n,,,,
bedding from such cows are almost
certain TO get the disease. The safest
P'ah is TO Keep your hogs absolutely
away from your dairy cattle unless
your herd has been tuberculin tested
ana Is known TO be free from tuber-
.u'os inc RISK more than offsets
any feeding advantage
In the case of steers or other cattle
known as feeders il is comparatiye-
~ safe to allow hogs to follow them
as the disease is not very common
among these animals. and they usual
~ are sold off the farm before the
disease. il contracted. develops TO a
moi
infected
fortunately, hogs, with the exception
OF valuable breeding animals. are not
kept Tor number of years on a farm
Most Of them are sold each year. If
your swine are tuberculous. as YOU
can tell from siaughterhouse reports
or ny having them tuberculin tested
make clean sweep of your herd.
Sell all the hogs. including breed
ing animals, for what the healthy hogs
VIII bring as meat and the infected
hoGs Will bring as tankage or grease.
" the SOW is free from tuberculosis
the piss start right.
Clean up and tiisinfcct hor lois
thoroughly and then get new breed
ing stock which tuberculin tests show
are free from tuberculosis
non you have established a herd
Tree from tuberculosis, do not intro
duce strange animals from other farms
'''' N'hi heTn until YOU nave salts
ned Yourself that they arc free from
disease.
tn short time you will have a herd
'hat Is thriving and healthy and will
attract buyers
Make Vt your business TO follow up
your hogs which 20 to the slaughter
mouse as the slauEhterhouse rcport
may give you the first warning that
your swine are diseased
Every swine breeder i'm Eirrini,
should send 10 the United States Dc
partment OF Agriculture. Washington,
Tor Farmers Bulletin No. ISL. "Tubcr-
culosis Of Hogs"
THIS bulletin which will be sent free
on aPpiication to any farmer. contains
complete discussion by cXpert vet
cf'narians and Psychologists of the ma
turc and financial Importance of this
disease. II gives methods for detect
ing the disease and simple directions
for preventing infection OF herds and
getting rid OF the disease once il has
gotten into your swine
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