CHAPTER IX 



HANDLING HOG CHOLERA IN THE FIELD 



HANDLING hog cholera in the field requires ap- 

 plication of the principles that have been outlined 

 in preceding chapters. In this chapter our plan 

 is to assume the existence of certain actual con- 

 ditions which the practitioner frequently meets 

 in the field, and to suggest methods of handling 

 suited to these conditions. "We know that in doing 

 this we may invite criticism, for methods of han- 

 dling hogs are so widely different in various parts 

 of the country that one cannot supply details that 

 will apply everywhere. 



In some parts of the South, for instance, where 

 hogs are allowed almost unlimited range, where 

 predatory animals are common, where hog cholera 

 is prevalent, and where a few breeders use simul- 

 taneous treatment regularly, others must protect 

 their hogs in the same manner, or lose them. In 

 certain sections of the corn-belt hog cholera is 

 prevalent to such a degree that it is the part of 

 wisdom for practically all breeders to maintain 

 immune herds. In the East, where hogs are rather 

 closely confined, where they are raised in limited 



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