Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-02
7gsEH ANDUAxN, SOULtl

careless feeding and improper manage
ment
The symptoms vary. As a rule, ami
mails sicken rapidly, dead hogs often
being found ia the morning among am
mails which were apparently well the
night before. Chronic cases of the dis
ease may cause the animals to linser
for weeks and even months. When chol-
era begins one or two animals will re
fuse TO eat and remain in the next and
when driven therefrom they appear 10
Dc cold. As the disease develops the
animals become gaunt or tucked up IN
the flank and have weak and stagger-
ing gait The lungs are often auecteu
and in that case there is cough. Con-
stipation is usually present in the early
stages, followed by 4 more or less Vlo-
lent diarrhoea. As the disease reaches
its height the skin becomes red and
purple blotches appear upon the ears
and belly and the inner surface of the
leg. The temperature of affected ami
mails is usually from 1O1 to l04 degrees
r. though occasionally temperatures of
107 degrees are met with.
The following changes occur in the
carcass after death from cholera: The
skin is more or less covered with purple
bIotches. Small red spots will be found
on the heart, lungs and kidneys; the
Emphatic glands will be REDEEMED,
and there will be an enlargement Of the
spleen. The lining of the large in
testines will be liberated. Sometimes
hog cholera is confused by the mex
perienced with other diseases, such as
swine plague, tuberculosis, anthrax and
worm infestation. If the indications
given above are borne in mind il should
be possible to distinguish hog cholera
from these other troubles. Hog cholera
is, of course, spread by the diseased
animals being associated with the
healthy ones, shipment of diseased ami
mails from one location to another, the
transference of breeding animals or feed
hogs in cars which have not been prop
erly disinfected- Buzzards and crows
may carry the germs. Drinking water
may be a source of infestation and per-
sons owning diseased animals may carry
the germs on their shoes to adjoining
farms. All these sources of infection
must be rigidly guarded against. In
keeping hog cholera off the farm SANTA
ton is one of the most important things
to bear in mind. Remember that all
diseased animals should be Immediate
" burned or buried to a good depth;
otherwise birds and carnivorous ami
mails may spread the disease to a ruin
Gus extent
The best method of treating hogs to
protect them aginst this disese is
through the use of what is known as
preventive serum: this is now manufac-
tured in Georgia by the State College of
Agriculture and is delivered at actual
cost of production to the state veterina-
rian who in turn distributes it to farm
ers owning infested herds. Two meth
DDS of using the preventive treatment
are now followed, namely, that known
as the serum alone incubation and the
simultaneous treatment. The inocula-
ton is done with an ordinary hyperder-
mic syringe. The injection may be
made back of the ear. between the fore
leg and the body or in the flank. The
serum alone treatment is naturally more
commonly used. as it can be rather cas-
lily and quickly given at a minimum of
expense and prove fairly effective in
cases of hogs which are only being kept
ter In other words the serum alone
treatment is recommended in the early
stages of the disease, for the treatment
Of hogs which need protection for only
a short time. and for use in cases of
very young pigs. The simultaneous
treatment should be used with breeding
animals and those of high quality.
A means has thus been provided
whereby the effects of this destructive
disease may be largely minimized or al
most completely eradicated. The wise
farmer will insure his hog herd against
loss by the use of either the serum alone
or simultaneous treatment according to
the class, condition and character of an
finals he maintains.