172 THE VETEEINAEIAN 



Treatment: Prevention must always be borne in 

 mind. Do not feed filthy food. Always feed good, 

 wholesome food, and give clean water to drink. Watch 

 the condition of hog's bowels and regulate them by feed- 

 ing. Burn manure and bedding and disinfect carefully. 

 Do not permit your hogs to drink out of running streams 

 of water, especially if Hog Cholera is in your neighbor- 

 hood. When buying hogs, it is well to keep them off by 

 themselves for two or three weeks, as they may be dis- 

 eased. Do not permit neighbors, their stock or dogs on 

 your premises when Hog Cholera is raging, as the infec- 

 tion of Hog Cholera can be spread very rapidly by 

 matter from the affected hogs adhering to the shoes of 

 man, to the feet of stock and dogs, etc. 



I am positive that if this method were properly prac- 

 ticed by all hog raisers and feeders. Hog Cholera would 

 be a very rare disease. 



Serum Treatment : This is successful in some cases, 

 and in others unsuccessful. The latter perhaps is due 

 to poor serums, or the disease being so far advanced in 

 its progress that the hogs are beyond recovery. Serum 

 treatment is very expensive and, as it requires a strictly 

 septic operation of injecting the serum, the average hog 

 raiser or grower is not qualified to administer the treat- 

 ment properly. An additional and necessary expense is 

 the services of a Veterinary Surgeon. Therefore, I 

 strongly urge adoption of preventive measures as stated. 

 Use some good disinfectant, such as Crude Carbolic Acid, 

 which destroys the Bacillus of Hog Cholera. Also ad- 

 minister hog regulator and tonic as prescribed on first 

 page of this chapter. This will expel worms, tone the 

 system, regulate the bowels and fortify your hogs against 



Hog Cholera. 



INDIGESTION 



Cause : Worms are perhaps one of the most common 

 causes. Umvholesome, irritating food or swill contain- 

 ing soap or washing powder have a tendency to derange 

 the process of digestion. 



