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SWINE 



NECROBACILLOSIS 



This disease is very frequently mistaken 

 for the chronic form of hog cholera. In 

 hog cholera we have a peculiar condition 

 of the kidneys, sometimes called turkey egg 

 kidney, indicating it is spotted like a turkey 



TUBERCULOSIS 



This disease is becoming alarmingly prev- 

 alent among hogs, and has increased in 

 proportion to the creamery industry. There 

 is little dou])t but infection is through the 

 medium of skim milk. When farmers feed 



egg. The spots in the kidney are not much skim milk or other by-products obtained 

 larger than a pin point and bright red. from creameries or cheese factories, it is 

 These red spots indicate a rupture of a very policy to pasteurize, or partially cook it 

 small artery which has been plugged with 

 germs. In necrobacillosis this condition of 

 the kidney is absent, and we have, if the 

 intestines are examined closely, a thicken- 

 ing of the outside wall, on which are small 

 white patches of 

 dead tissue. In 

 some cases we 

 are able to de- 

 tach or peal off a 

 false membrane 

 from the wall. 

 Hogs which lin- 

 ger along fre- 

 quently lose 

 patches of the 

 skin and the ear 

 or tail may pos- 

 sibly slough off. 

 Vaccination 

 in such cases does 

 no good and we 

 must resort to 

 other treatment 



A PRIZE CHESTER BARROW 



Cheaters originated in New York Slate. Small, white ears erect, fac& 

 scooped, half bacon and half lard type; slow maturing, good breeders. 



in the form of internal antiseptics, such as 

 powdered hyposulphite of soda, a table- 

 spoonful to hogs weighing about one hun- 

 dred pounds. As this medicine has little 

 taste it can be given at each feed in any- 

 thing animal will take. 



Prevention. The cleaning of pens and 

 troughs should be practiced, followed by 

 disinfection. Keep in mind the germ is a 

 natural inhabitant of the intestines of pigs, 

 consequently floors of hog pens and enclos- 

 ures are more or less infected. This same 

 organism causes sore mouths in sucking pigs. 



The practice also prevails of letting hogs 

 feed upon the carcasses of dead animals. In 

 the case of a cow dying from tuberculosis, 

 it can be readily seen how easy it is for the 

 animals to become infected. It is astonish- 

 ing how rapidl}^ 

 the disease pro- 

 gresses in swine, 

 invading almost 

 every vital organ 

 of the body, and 

 rendering the 

 carcass absolute- 

 ly valueless for 

 food purposes. 



Symptoms in 

 hogs are not very 

 pronounced. 

 Experts can 

 sometimes diag- 

 nose its existence 

 in a herd by ob- 

 serving if the 

 glands of the 

 throat are swollen. These swellings can be 

 detected by facing the animal, when it will 

 be seen the neck in the space below the 

 ears and back of the jaws bulges out, due 

 to the affected glands. Once the disease is 

 established the entire herd should be dis- 

 posed of for slaughter, subject to inspection. 

 New quarters should then be provided 

 for restocking with healthy animals. The 

 home herd of cattle should be tuberculin 

 tested and precautions taken, as previously 

 suggested, to boil all skim milk obtained 

 from outside sources. 



CHESTER BOAR 



TAMWORTH SOW— (Bacon Type) 



