The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-03
CONTROL SPREAD
OF HOG CHOLER
Efficient Efforts to Check Disea'
Made by State

No state is carrying on more sys-
tematic and efficient effort toward
the control of hog cholera than Ten.
nessee. While a great deal Of public.
ity to this work has already been givi
it is felt that everyone should become
thoroughly familiar with the efforts o
the state department of agriculture
along this line. The public should Civ
its full cooperation toward the furtherI
ance of this work, as the conservation
of our hos industry is at this time q
war measure of greatimportance. Hog
cholera control in Tennessee is regula1
tory and educational, both of which
are directed from the office of the COM
missioner Of agriculture, H. X. Bryson.
and the state veterinarian, DR.. NJ. Ja-
cob.
NNIhe regulatory work consists primal
lily in the enforcement of sanitary regl
ulations, including orders of quaranl
tine, cleaning and disinfection of in1
fected premises, proper disposal of
cholera infected careases, supervising
shipment of hogs, etc.
The educational work on hog chol-
era is cooperative between the state
department of agriculture, the Unit
ed States bureau of animal industry
and the division of extension of the
college of agriculture, University Of
Tennessee, md four veterinarians,
who are specialists on hog cholera, are
devoting to this work their entire time
under the immediate direction of the
state veterinarian. The activities con-
sist in holding community educationl
meetings in the different counties of
the state, investigating outbreaks of
swine diseases, giving demonstra-
tons, and in many instances treating
infected or exposed herds. AS an in
dication of what is being done, since
January l during the present year
several of such meetings have already
been held with but two or three ex-
ceptions in every county in the state
and from present indications the en-
tire state will be covered at least
twice during the year on this educa-
tional campaign. 1t has long been rec.
ognized that success in sanitary con.
trl work depends largely on the en-
lightenment of the public, and in this
the control of hog cholera is no ex-
ception.
According to state regulations, anC
justly so, it is necessary to hold g
state permit in order to legally use
virus in the vaccination of hogs
against cholera. The permits are
granted to veterinarians and physi
clans on account Of their special train
ing without an examination, but The
layman must pass written examina
ton in order n determine his qualih
! depapfmsfr = making eyepS EFFORT =. 7.
develop the work of the virus permi
holders to high state of efficiency
and before an applicant takes the ex
animation, he is given a lecture ant
demonstration on the various phase,
OF hog cholera. The hog cholera spe
cialists, who act in the capacity offielc
men, carry this work directly into tn,
different counties, so as to make it DOS
sible for the farmer who wishs to be
come qualified to vaccinate hogs to re
ceive instructions close to his HON,
and with little or no cost to himself
In addition, on Friday of each week,
short course on hog cholera, INCLUDING
lectures, demonstrations and examina
lions in the vaccination of hogs foI
the issuing of virus permits is given a
the tate capitol, the work beginning
at 10 o'clock in the morning and il
given free of charge. Furthermore
the department is distributing anti
hog cholera serum and virus to officia
virus permit holders only at actua
cost. Commercial serum companie,
are permitted to distribute their prod
ucts only after receiving state license
about twenty of which have been issu
ed up to this time. Another line O
work which has recently been under
AIKEN is tn moving of hogs out of tn,
Nashville Union Stock Yards fo,
feeding and breeding purposes. Thi,
IS being done in cooperation with tn,
federal government, and while THU
plan has been in operation only few
weeks, already about 1000 pigs hav,
been returned to our farms, which oth
erwise, on account of their lack f size
would have reached the killing beds il
an unfinished condition.
In order to centralize this enormous
amount Of work on hog cholera, it i
all channeled through the hog chol
era control division of the state depar
ment Of agriculture.
From the above it can readily b,
seen that Tennessee is doing some
thing toward minimizing the losse,
from hog cholera and that something
is being accomplished is further sub
stantiated by federal statistics which
show the losses in the state from chol
era for the years ending March 81 Il
be as follows:
l9l4--- - - 1850 hogs
I9l5--- - - 131,037 hogs
l9l6--- - - 1874 hogs
BIZ - - 101 ,j74 hogs
Inc results are gratifying and ever