Phoenix tribune., 1919-04-26
RELIEF FOR sTockMEN
Live Stock Sanitary Board Offers
Help Against Black Leg and
Hog Cholera

Stockmen all over Arizona will be
interested in the newest activity of
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board,
by which, under the enactment by the
legislature, they are supplying those
who need it with BLACK Leg" vaccine
and Hog Cholera" serum in small
quantities for just what they cost in
big wholesale lots. After studying
the experiences of other states, and
as result of considerable personal
experimentation, State Veterinarian
R. ]. Hight has procured stock of
the most approved germ free liquid
vaccines. The black leg vaccine will
cost seventeen and a half cents per
dose. 1t is put up in bottles contain
ing five, ten, twenty and forty-five
doses. The hog cholera virus and the
hog cholera serum cost one and a half
cents per cubic centimeter. Since the
size of the dose varies with the size
of the hog, the cost per dose will vary
from As cents approximately to
$3.50.
Few people realize how great a
drain black leg is on the state even
now and in spite of the fact that the
disease is preventible. 1t is estimated
that at least $4,000 young cattle have
died in Arizona each year in the past
few years entailing loss of approxi-
mately $1,OOOOOO yearly to the cattle
interests. The most eXasperating
part of the thing is that the loss could
have been avoided entirely by care
and at very slight expense
When black leg gets started, it is
very hard to tell where it will stop.
Since, when one animal dies, a large
area of range is liable to become in
fected.
When an animal is infected, it gets
feverish and stamps around stiff and
lame for little while Then swell
ings appear on various parts of the
body. These swellings are usually on
the legs, from which fact the disease
gets its name. In a few days the ami
NAL dies One dose of black leg vac
cine which could be procured from
the Live Stock Sanitary Board for sew
enteen and a half cents would have
given the animal immunity for life.
Hog cholera has been almost eradi-
! Gated from Arizona, thanks to the CO.
operation of the federal authorities
and the state veterinarian. There is
never any telling, however, as to when
and where the disease will appear
again since the infection often re-
months and hogs placed thereon may
take the disease. There is little hope
for the recovery of hog stricken with
! cholera unless the serum can be ad-
ministered very shortly after the ami
NAL is afflicted The chief work of
the farmer will be to save the rest of
his stock The well animals should
be treated with the hog cholera virus
and serum This gives them immun-
ity from theAdisease.
Unless the farmer has had expert
ence in administering the serum, he
should call in veterinarian as the
treatment requires knowledge and
skill. Should there be no veterinary
surgeon in the neighborhood, notice
should be sent to the Live Stock Sani-
tary Board at Phoenix and veterin-
arian will be sent out, as hog cholera
| in any district is a menace to the en-
tire state.
Administering the black leg vaccine
requires no special training. The
stcckmen must have a hypodermic
syringe which will help him measure
the dose accurately. The vaccine is
injected under the skin on the neck or
behind the fore-leg.
Those desiring more information
about these diseases and their treat
ment should write to the Live Stock
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