CHAPTER VIII 



METHODS OF USING ANTI-HOG-CHOLERA SEBUM 



Confining the animals. We will consider first 

 methods of confining the animals to be treated. 

 To one unaccustomed to handling hogs the task 

 of confining and vaccinating a large herd of swine 

 seems formidable, and not infrequently the diffi- 

 culties presented, although largely imaginary, 

 have led to costly neglect or procrastination. 

 Chasing hogs to catch them is usually futile, it is 

 time consuming, and if double treatment is to be 

 applied, or if the animals are fat, the practice is 

 positively dangerous. Ingenuity is required, and 

 the veterinarian who can use the help and ma- 

 terials at hand to best advantage, enabling him to 

 vaccinate a herd quietly and rapidly, and without 

 exciting the animals, gains much in the confidence 

 of his clients. 



If the time that vaccinating is to be done is 

 known to veterinarian and client the latter should 

 tempt the animals into pens or small enclosures 

 with feed and fasten them in securely. Bedding 

 should be provided so that the hogs will be clean 

 and dry. In cases of emergency, where this ad- 



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