. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. 270 INFECTIOUS DISEASES they were purchased, or became infected through exposure to the disease in the public stock-yards and stock-cars. The shipping of feeding hogs from one section of the country to another, and from public stock-yards, has always been productive of hog- cholera. Dr. Dorset states that more than fifty-seven per cent of the hog-cholera outbreaks are caused by visiting, exchanging. Fig. 79.—A hog yard where the disease-producing germs may be carried over from year to year. work, exposure on adjoining farms and harboring


. Common diseases of farm animals. Veterinary medicine. 270 INFECTIOUS DISEASES they were purchased, or became infected through exposure to the disease in the public stock-yards and stock-cars. The shipping of feeding hogs from one section of the country to another, and from public stock-yards, has always been productive of hog- cholera. Dr. Dorset states that more than fifty-seven per cent of the hog-cholera outbreaks are caused by visiting, exchanging. Fig. 79.—A hog yard where the disease-producing germs may be carried over from year to year. work, exposure on adjoining farms and harboring the infection from year to year (Fig. Y9), and more than twenty-three per cent to purchasing hogs and shipping in infected cars, birds and contaminated streams. In neighborhoods where outbreaks of hog-cholera occur neces- sary precautions against the spread of the disease are not Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Craig, Robert Alexander, 1872-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott company


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