The Bulletin 13 



other disease-producing germs of live stock, a large number of these states 

 have repealed this law, thereby permitting the destruction of the turkey 

 buzzard. 



The act protecting the turkey buzzard, or vulture, in North Carolina, 

 was repealed by the Legislature of 1015. 



Hiiiiiiiim' .streams and (herll(»>vs 



The infection can be carried for miles down a running stream. If 

 infected hogs are allowed access to the stream of water running through 

 the farm, the stream then becomes a source of disseminating the infection 

 over a wide area. So it is not safe to alloAv hogs to have access to run- 

 ning streams that do not have their origin on the farm. 



The overflows in the Eastern part of this State are a source of dis- 

 seminating the infection over a wide area. Especially is this so where 

 the dead hogs are not properly disposed of, or where the hogs die in the 

 swamps and no attempt is made to locate and bury them. 



Often hogs in the free-range territory die from cholera in a running 

 stream or in large swamps and are never seen by their owners. These 

 hogs serve as centers from which infection is scattered broadcast during 

 overflows. 



Public Roads 



The public roads are another source of disseminating the infection. 

 Sick hogs often have access to the public roads and leave them infected. 

 It then becomes dangerous to drive well hogs on the public highway. 



Show Hogs 



Often hogs contract cholera at shows and when brought back to the 

 farm and turned in the lots with the other hogs, become the agent by 

 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 disinfected 

 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 Runniiiir 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 con- 



