184 HOG CHOLERA 



be purchased from a reliable source on the farm, 

 that is by far the most satisfactory plan. In 

 case that is impossible, our client should be ad- 

 vised to purchase from thrifty farm herds and to 

 assemble the animals on a stated day at a local 

 shipping point. They should then be given serum 

 alone, placed in clean comfortable well-bedded 

 cars, and shipped at once to their destination. 

 When they arrive at the feeder 's farm, they should 

 be placed in dry comfortable quarters and fed 

 sparingly on light foods for a few days. After 

 they become accustomed to the change in feed and 

 quarters say in two or three weeks they should 

 be given simultaneous treatment. 



If circumstances compel our client to purchase 

 at the stockyards, he should if possible see the 

 animals unloaded, and in any event he should not 

 select animals that have been in the yards several 

 days. It is best to avoid mixed lots of hogs, and 

 those that contain a considerable number of dead 

 animals when they arrive at the yards, for these 

 often are shipped to market because of disease. 

 Hogs that cough persistently should not be ac- 

 cepted. When once the selection is made the ani- 

 mals should be given serum alone without delay 

 and shipped at once to their destination. When 

 they arrive at the feeder's yards they require han- 

 dling similar to that accorded animals purchased 

 directly from the farm. 



