Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . nt pool formany months, affording the hogs a filthy place in which to wallow,and providing for germs of all kinds, as well as for mosquitoes, anideal place for breeding and multiplication. These insanitary forms of hog wallow simply must go if weare to accomplish the success we deserve in the fight againstcholera. Cholera is a preventable and an eradicable disease, butwe must strike at all its hiding-places if we are to thoroughlyconquer it and bring the hog-producing industry back on a safeplane. PREDISPOSING CAUSES 105 An example
Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . nt pool formany months, affording the hogs a filthy place in which to wallow,and providing for germs of all kinds, as well as for mosquitoes, anideal place for breeding and multiplication. These insanitary forms of hog wallow simply must go if weare to accomplish the success we deserve in the fight againstcholera. Cholera is a preventable and an eradicable disease, butwe must strike at all its hiding-places if we are to thoroughlyconquer it and bring the hog-producing industry back on a safeplane. PREDISPOSING CAUSES 105 An example of how these hog wallows are capable of harboringinfection is to be seen in the following instance: An outbreak of cholera occurred in the early spring on a farmin central Nebraska. The feed lot in which the animals hadrange was provided with a large pond or wallow, about 100 feetlong by 50 feet wide. This pond usually contained about afoot of mud in the bottom and a Hke amount of water. Duringthe outbreak of cholera on the premises the hogs affected by the. Fig. -Hogs kept in an insanitary feed lot; such conditions are an openinvitation to cholera. (B. A. I. Circular, No. 201.) disease were very prone to seek rehef from their feverish conditionby burrowing in the cooling waters of the pond. The outbreakfinally swept the pens clear, and not a hog was on the premisesfrom June 1st to the latter part of December. After the outbreak had rid the premises of hogs, the ownerraked up all the loose cobs and other trash on the ground and apart of it was burned. The balance was thrown into the pond forthe purpose of partly filling it up. The ground was then spread overwith a thin layer of straw and over this kerosene was Uberally 106 DISEASES OF SWINE sprinkled. The entire mass was then set on fire and the surfaceof the ground thus thoroughly burned over. The result was aseemingly thorough disinfection of the premises. It did not occurto the man, however, that he was neglecting one o
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