Smyrna times., 1920-08-25
CHECK TO HOG CHOLERA CAN
Be MADE IF STARTED SOON
STATE FUND OF $4,000 TO AID
STAMPING OUT OF DISEASE
Serum Is Furnished Owners of Hogs
Free of Charge, But a Competent
Veterinarian Must Administer

of hog cholera serum. This serum is
furnished owners free of charge, the
only expense to the owner is the cost
of administering the serum, says DR..
c. c. Palmer, of the Department of
BacteriaolOgy and Vetinary Science of
Delaware College.
"There is no longer any doubt as 10
the value of hog cholera, vaccination.
If the hogs are properly vaccinated
before the disease appears in a herd
the disease can be prevented and hogs
doubly vaccinated will be protected
against hog cholera for life.
ut would hardly be advisable to
vaccinate every hog in the State un-
less cholera was very generally wide
spread. Swine owners should cooper
ate with the State and their neigh
bOrs in this subject of hog cholera
control. When cholera appears upon
farm the owner should report the
matter at once to the proper authori-
ties and advise his neighbors in or
der that all hogs surrounding farms
may be protected against the disease
by vaccination. For cholera to break
out on ones farm is no disgrace. The
disease plays no favOrite. one unvac-
cinated herd is just as susceptible as
another, no herd breed of hogs is i'm
mune. Cholera is spread in such a
wide variety of ways that no one can
accurately tell when the disease will
appear. Of the various farms in
community all stand an equal chance
of being the first places infected.
The hog owner on whose farm the
disease first appears is indeed unfor-
tunate as the disease may gain con-
siderable headway before it is recog-
nized and the longer the hogs are
permitted to 90 without vaccination
the greater will be the percentage Of
deaths from cholera. But such a
farmer owes something to his COM
munity. He should at once make
known the presence of the disease
in order that hogs on neighboring
farms may be promptly vaccinated
before the disease appears among
them Remember that vaccination will
prevent the disease but is of little !
value in hogs showing marked symp-
toms of cholera, and to be effective !
the serum must be given early before !
the hogs become sick.
Early Diagnosis Important.
For the above reasons an early |
diagnosis is important. When one or |
more hogs become sick the first thing !
to 10 is to separate the sick hogs |
from the well ones, lace the sick hogs |
in separate pen and carefully watch |
all hogs. If more hogs become sick |
do not hesitate to take steps to learn |
the cause of the sickness. Many own !
ers fear cholera to such an extent !
that when their hogs become sick |
they think that by not believing the !
disease is cholera that it will not be |
cholera and that the sick hogs will |
soon be well or the disease will !
check itself. Cholera does not behave
in this fashion, it rapidly spreads
the herd and the disease
is soon carried to neighboring farms.
1t is therefore important to recognize
the disease early and take steps to
control it.
When one hog dies and one or sew
eral others appear sick lose no time
in finding out the cause of death.
When it comes to determining the
cause of death endeavor to have some
one make an examination who knows
swine diseases. Your neighbor will
no doubt be willing to help and ad-
wise you, but remember his knowledge
of swine diseases may be as limited
as your own. Call an expert such as
your local veterinarian or place the
pig in a bag or box and take the
dead animal to the Veterinary De-
partment at Delaware College, where
a post mOrtem examination will be
made free Of charge.
Post MOrtem Examination Necessary
1t is very difficult and in fact i'm
possible to look at a sick or dead hog
and know the animal has cholera.
The symptoms of the disease NAV
vary and may or may not be sug-
gestive of cholera. A positive dia-
gnosis can be made only by a careful
post mortem examination. When one
or several hogs become sick and the
under side of the body and inside of
the upper part of the legs become red
in patches one can strongly suspicion
cholera, but such suspicious should be
confirmed by careful post mortem
To aid in the control and eradica-
ion of this disease the Veterinary
Department at Delaware College will
examine any hogs brought to the
College. Even if you do not think
he disease is cholera it is the safest
plan to make certain by having the
animal examined.
Vaccinate Early is Good Advice
After getting report from vour
ocal veterinarian, government expert
IN hog cholera or your State Collepo
hat your hogs have cholera. employ
'our local veterinarian, provided he
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