Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-02-08

one considers the close relations of
these TWO species of animals upon
nearly every farm. Tuberculous cat
Tie may scatter great numbers of tu-
Dercle bacilli with their excrement:
cows that are tuberculous NAV pro-
duce contaminated milk that is sub-
sequently fed to pigs; and carcasses
OF cattle that have died from tuber-
culosis are sometimes eaten by hogs.
ANY or these conditions make the In
fection with tuberculosis of the hogs
concerned very easy matter.
Sources of Infection.
The feeding Of hogs upon creamery
refuse is also very frequent source
OF Infection. In this way the milk of
a single COW with a tuberculous I'D
der, if sent to public creamery, may
spread the disease to a number of
hogs, and may also infect many farms
that have never previously been con-
taminated with tuberculosis.
An equally dangerous source of in
fectiOn is likewise observed in the
methods which obtain among some
of the small country slaughter houses.
1t Is not unusual for these houses to
get rid of their blood, intestines, Wis
cera, and other inedible parts by feed
ing them to hogs, a herd of which is
usually kept on the premises. This
custom is pregnant with danger and
CnrVnC fn T1nrnot1a TO tho fnf
ciple of various contagious and para
site diseases, particularly tuberculO-
sis.
Hogs are also susceptible to tuber-
culOus infection from affected per-
sons and poultry, but these sources
are undoubtedly of far less moment to
the hog owner than those existing in
a herd of tuberculous cattle.
Intestinal worms, lung worms, and
skin parasites also levy a burdensome
tax upon the profits of hog raising
Absolute cleanliness will be found val
liable in preventing and controlling
these parasitic troubles, as well as the
more serious diseases-hOg cholera
and tuberculosis.
Prevention of Disease.
In dealing with the diseases of hogs,
preventive measures must be most re-
lied upon. The animals must be given
dry and well-ventllated quarters, which
must be kept clean. Contrary to COM
mon belief, hogs have some habits
which raise them above other dOmeS-
tic animals from the standpoint of
cleanliness. For example, unless
compelled to do so, hog will not sleep
in its own filth. If part of the floor
of the pen is raised and kept well
bedded with straw, while the rest is
not, all excrement will be left ON the
Embedded portion of the floor and the
bed itself will be always clean.
In addition to cleanliness close at
tention should be given to the feed, SO
that nothing may be fed that will con-
vey the germs of disease, especially
tuberculosis, to the herd. If the
hogs are fed milk in any form OBJ.
tanned from cows kept upon the same
farm, the cows should be subjected to
the tuberculin test. If they run with
the dairy cattle of the farm a tubercu.
lin test of all the cattle is none the
less desirable. Animals dead from
any disease should not be fed to the
hogs until the meat has been made
safe by cooking. Skim milk or refuse
from public creamery should not be
fed to hogs until it has been thorough
Iy sterilized.
Feeding and drinking places should
be clean and the water supply pure
Unless the origin is known to be I'm
contaminated and there has been NJ
possibility of infection during 1T
course, hogs should not be allowed &C
cess to any stream. Wallows SHOULD
he drained out and kept filled up al
much as possible. At least once
month the quarters should be dlsin
fected with air-slaked lime or a tiv'
per cent solution of crude carbOli
acid. These precautions will b.
found valuable aids in the destruction
of the various animal parasites, a
we'll as n protection from some NOR
serious troubles.
Advantage of Isolated Hog Houses.
The advantage of isolated no
houses, each accommodating a feN
hogs, rather than one large pigger
for the entire herd, has been referee
TO previously. In districts wher
cholera is prevalent these are undoubt
edly the best shelters. They make
more difficult to carry cOntagion to a
animals in the herd, and the destruC
ton of one of them in case of an ou'
break does not entail a great expense
An added advantage is that they ma
be moved from place to place as neet