14 The Bulletin 



which the entire herd is infected. All hogs coming from the shows or 

 new hogs being added to the herd should be held under quarantine at 

 least three weeks before they are allowed to run with the other hogs. 



Public Stock Yards. 



All public stock yards are infected with hog cholera germs. It is 

 unsafe to purchase hogs from stock yards for breeding or feeding pur- 

 poses. Nor should hogs intended for breeding or feeding purposes be 

 unloaded in pens to be fed unless these pens are thoroughly disinfected. 

 The cars in which the hogs are shipped should be thoroughly disin- 

 fected before the hogs are loaded. .All hogs unloaded in public stock 

 yards, not intended for immediate slaughter, should be treated with 

 anti-hog cholera serum. 



Infected Hogs Running at Large. 



In the territory where live stock run at large, we find a larger per 

 cent of hog cholera. This is due to hogs affected with cholera coming- 

 in contact with hogs from adjoining farms. In this way the infection 

 in often spread from farm to farm. 



Visitors. — Hog cholera infection can be carried on the shoes and 

 clothes of people. It is unsafe for any one to visit an infected herd and 

 return to their own or any other herd of hogs. 



Garbage. — Uncooked garbage from hotels, restaurants or other sources 

 is dangerous. We know of no instance in this State where uncooked 

 garbage has been fed for any length of time where cholera did not 

 develop. Feed it only to immuned hogs or have it thoroughly cooked. 



The Annual Loss in the United States from Hog Cholera. 



The annual loss of hogs in the United States from hog cholera is 

 estimated at the enormous sum of sixty million ($60,000,000) dollars. 

 If this enormous loss of a preventable disease was checked it would gO' 

 a long ways in reducing the high cost of pork. 



The Annual Loss in JNTorth Carolina. 



According to the best information we have the annual loss from hog 

 cholera in North Carolina, both direct and indirect, is considerably 

 over three quarters of a million dollars ($750,000). This enormous- 

 loss is going on while many thousands of dollars are being sent out of 

 the State annually for pork, lard and other meat products. 



Susceptibility. 



Young pigs and young shoats are more susceptible than older hogs,, 

 but often we find the older hogs the first to succumb to the disease. 



As to the susceptibility of the different breeds, we do not believe there 

 is any difference. The "scrub" hog and "mule-footed hog" succumb to 

 the disease as readily as the pure breeds. 



