. Swine practice . Swine. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 271 The average annual loss in the United States for the past four decades probably exceeds $30,000,000 annually, and in 1897 the losses due to this disease alone approximated $100,000,000. During the years 1912-13, a severe epizootic of hog cholera extended throughout the principal hog-raising section of the United States, the loss â being excessive and for the country at large amounting to over $100,000,000 each year. In 1913 there were 61,178,000 swine in the United States, of which ten to fifteen per cent died of cholera. The losses from. Fig.
. Swine practice . Swine. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 271 The average annual loss in the United States for the past four decades probably exceeds $30,000,000 annually, and in 1897 the losses due to this disease alone approximated $100,000,000. During the years 1912-13, a severe epizootic of hog cholera extended throughout the principal hog-raising section of the United States, the loss â being excessive and for the country at large amounting to over $100,000,000 each year. In 1913 there were 61,178,000 swine in the United States, of which ten to fifteen per cent died of cholera. The losses from. Fig. 67. Hog cholera (Early Stage). hog cholera in 1912 in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri ex- ceeded 3,000,000 hogs valued at $30,000,000. The losses in Iowa alone for the years 1911-14 exceeded $10,000,000 annually. The mortality from hog cholera in the United States in 1914 was approximately ten per cent, but was reduced to less than four per cent in 1919 by the combined efforts of the Bureau of Animal In- dustry, various state live stock sanitary officials and veterinary prac- titioners. Hog cholera is no doubt the most surely fatal disease of swine in. 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 Kinsley, Albert Thomas, 1877-. Chicago : American Veterinary Pub. Co.
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