No. 7. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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been possible to place hog raising on a more profitable basis. The 

 State Livestock Sanitary Board during the year 1910 investigated 

 and vaccinated the non-infected hogs in every outbreak that was 

 reported to them. Eighty outbreaks were reported, though upon 

 investigation, one of these was found not to be hog cholera. In 

 these eight}' herds, 2,1MT hogs were exposed ; 848 were sick and 89G 

 died. It has been the policy which is founded upon well recognized 

 authority not to vaccinate hogs that were sick, and, therefore, the 

 848 reported sick were not vaccinated and only those exposed and 

 which showed no evidence of disease Avere inoculated with the 

 serum. The following table Avill give a detailed report of the various 

 outbreaks showing the numl)er of herds investigated, number of 

 hogs exposed, the number of hogs sick and the number of hogs 

 dead. 



During the period between January 1, 1910 and November 15, 1910, 

 seven cases Avhere hogs were dying, supposed to be affected with hog 

 cholera, were brought to the attenlion of the State Livestock Sanitary 

 Hoard, l)ut it was found u])on exauiination in these seven instances 

 that the animals wei'e not afflicted with hog cholera. In some cases 

 tlie animals died as a result of having been fed refuse from hotel 

 kitchens that contained a greater quantity of dishwater in which 

 was found ])ar-tially dissolved soap powder, that caused a gastro 

 intestinal catarrh. In other instances green corn caused indigestion: 



HOG CHOLERA 



County 



Allegheny, 

 Berks, 



Bucks, 



Carbon, 



Chester, 



Cumberland, - 



Dauphin, 



Delaware, 



Franklin, 



Jefferson, 



Lancaster, ..- 



Lehigh, 



Luzerne, 



Lyeonaing, _.. 



McKean, 



Montgomery. 

 Northampton, 



Perry, 



Somerset, 



York, 





s 



D 



1 

 3 



1 

 30 



68 



18 

 101 



7 

 46 



3 



e 



30 



27 



169 



8 



150 



3 



214 



10—7—1910 



