460 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



The Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of 

 Agriculture, during the past year has maintained an inspector, in 

 charge of hog cholera control work — Dr. J. S. Keon, Room No. 

 18, Federal Building, Des Moines, Iowa, with a staff of twenty 

 veterinary inspectors, who are located at the most advantageous 

 points throughout the state. The entire time of this federal force 

 of veterinarians is given to the investigation of outbreaks of 

 disease in hogs, their services being free to the farmers for whom 

 they diagnose the disease and give instructions as to the best 

 methods of controlling the outbreak, and eradicating the infection 

 from the premises. 



The salaries and expenses of this Bureau force amount to ap- 

 proximately $70,000.00 per year, which the Federal Government 

 is spending freely, for the benefit of our swine industry in Iowa. 



In order to make this work thoroughly co-operative between 

 the Federal Bureau and the Veterinary Department of this state 

 there should be a special appropriation made by our Legislature 

 of not less than $50,000.00 annually in order to thoroughly cover 

 the entire state ; in fact there should be an average of one oflficial 

 veterinarian per county, whose sole business should be the control 

 of swine diseases. Elsewhere in this report there appears an article 

 on Hog Cholera Control, by Dr. J. S. Koen, Inspector in charge. 



COITAL EXANTHEMA. 



Coital Exanthema is a transmissable vesicular disease of the 

 urino-genital organs of the equine species which runs its course 

 in from three to six weeks. It responds readily to local treatment 

 and when properly handled complete recovery ensues. During 

 the course of this disease it is necessary to suspend breeding, 

 which, in some instances, prevents full production of the species. 



All stallions and mares affected should be held in quarantine 

 until complete recovery. 



DOURINE. 



Dourine is a malignant, specific, vesicular disease of the urino- 

 genital organs of the equine species resembling closely in all its 

 aspects and effects syphilis in the human patient. This disease 

 is incurable. It has been the policy of the Federal authorities 

 co-operating with the state department, to destroy all animals 

 affected. As a result of this policy we are glad to state there is 

 no known case of this disease in the state at this time. 



