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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 



drafts and can be cleaned and disinfected are best when the 

 weather is cold and wet. 



In the subacute, and in the early part of an acute outbreak 

 of hog-cholera, it is advisable to separate the sick from the well 

 hogs. The fatally sick animals should be destroyed. 



A very light ration should be fed and an intestinal antiseptic 

 given with the feed. A thin slop of shorts is usually preferred. 

 Four ounces of pulverized copper sulfate may be dissolved in one 

 gallon of hot water, and one quart of this solution may be added 



Fig. si. — t'li-aning up a hog lot, 



to every ten gallons of drinking water and slop. Water and slop 

 should not be left in the troughs for the hogs to wallow in. The 

 troughs should be disinfected and turned bottom side up as 

 soon as the hogs have finished feeding and drinking. Kitchen 

 slop and sour milk should not be fed. The care and treat- 

 ment of the herd require work and close attention on the part 

 of the attendant. Indifferent, careless treatment is of no use 

 in this disease. 



A disinfectant should be sprayed or sprinkled about the 

 feed troughs, floors, pens and sleeping quarters daily. 



