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REGULATION TO PREVENT
SPREAD OF HOG CHOLERA
Regulating The Feeding OF Garbage
To Hogs.

Garbage, table refuse or other pro-
ducts which might contain pieces or
scraps of pork of any description,
other than that made on the immedi-
ate premises where fed, which has
not been previously sterilized, shall
not be fed to swine on any premises
| in the State of Maryland without
first having been heated sufficiently
to destroy the hog cholera virus
Sterilizing apparatus used for this
purpose shall be subject to the in
| spection and approval of the Live
| Stock Sanitary Section of the Mary
land State Board of Agriculture.
Regarding the foregoing regula-
| ton, its advisability will probably
be questioned by some, while others
will think they can take advantage
table refuse or other products that
might contain pieces or scraps of
pork, other than that made on the
| immediate premises y =" the fol-
| lowing reason for it's issuance and
it's being so worded is probably war
ranted, not only to explain the regu-
lation, but also to explain why such
a product, no matter from what
source obtained, should not be fed
to hogs without first being sterilized.
The vital point which must never
L -. - ,Iorr
which contains pieces or scraps of
pork which have been deriy from
various sources, contains the infec-
tion or causative agent of hog chol-
era at practically all times. This is
conceded by all authorities on gar
bage feeding, even by the most radi-
cal advocates Of this method of gar
bage disposal.
The report of the hog cholera
work in the State of Maryland for
the year 1918 shows that in the cases
where it was possible to trace the
source of infection that 40 per cent.
of the outbreaks was due to gar
bage feeding In fact, this agent was.
responsible for nearly as many out
ed, and it is a significant fact that
this product was fed only a very
small percentage of those rai1ng
hogs. 1t is also conceded by every
authority on garbage feeding that it
cannot be fed successfully in a hit
| or-niiss manner. and that the pro-
| ject requires car eful study OF housing
facilities, proper feeding ard preven-
tion of disease,
1t is appreciated that unsterilized
| garbage can be safely fed to hogs
that have been immunized by the
double treatment. However, to per-
nit the maintenance of such a gar
bage feeding plant means the per-
petuation of infected premises which
will always be a menace to the rails
ing of swine in that vicinity.
| In framing the regulation, cognl-
zance was taken of the fact that
much of the garbage which was fed
on the premises where it was made
did not contain any pork product, or
if so, it was usually grown on the
premises and, therefore, known to
be from hogs free of the disease.
| You will, therefore, understand
that although the regulation was not
framed to cover the feeding of gar
bage on the premises where it was
made, the fact is emphasized that
should such product contain any
pork other than that grown on the
premises, it might contain the 1nfec-
ton of hog cholera, produce the dis
ease in your hogs and cause you un-
necessary loss. Moral-Sterilize all
garbage before feeding to your hogs.
The vitality of the organism that
causes hog cholera can not survive
temperature of PIP degrees Fahren-
heit, but unless every particle OF the
infected meat is brought to this tenn
perature the danger of spreading the
disease is practically as great as II
no heat had been applied.
STATE BOARD AGRICULTURE
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