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ment of cholera-infected herds, and will, in large measure, check 

 this practice. 



In any case where cholera-infected herds are being shipped to 

 market it should be the duty of state sanitary officers to see that 

 proper rules are enforced, which will make it necessary to move 

 these animals under such restrictions as will protect from danger 

 the herds which may be located in fields close to the roadway 

 traveled over. It should be required by law to have such infected 

 animals in wagons provided with tight box beds, and not in the 

 ordinary open-crate wagon beds, which allow of the scattering of 

 disease-producing discharges and infected litter all along the road. 

 Driving of infected herds along the public highways should be 

 absolutely forbidden. 



Stray Hogs. — I recall several outbreaks of cholera which have 

 been started through the coming upon the place of a stray hog. 

 One such outbreak, in particular, I received the history of while 

 engaged in the hog-cholera eradication work in Pettis County, Mo., 

 in the summer of 1913. The farmer who had this costly experience 

 had quite a large grain and stock farm with a herd of nearly 100 

 hogs. One morning, when the hired hand went out into the field 

 to do some plowing, he found a strange hog out in the field. This 

 animal was a rather runty-looking shote, but did not at that time 

 appear to be sick. 



The strange hog was brought into the barn lot and held await- 

 ing the claim of an owner. As no one could be found to lay claim 

 to it, the pig was turned into the regular feed lot. A couple of 

 days later the hog was noticed to be quite sick and to be suffering 

 from a marked diarrhea, which was of a black, nasty, stinking 

 character. Within a couple of days the pig died, and the carcass 

 was left in the feed lot to be eaten up by the other hogs. 



In less than two weeks after the death of this strange pig there 

 was noticed a change in appearance of several of the native herd. 

 These animals dropped off feed, appeared a little stiff behind, 

 seemed to prefer to remain huddled up in the litter rather than to 

 come out to the trough and eat, and when aroused stood about with 

 the backs arched, flanks tucked up, and the hind feet crossed over 

 each other or held close together. Several of the animals had a 

 considerable amount of cough. Some were constipated, and 



