132 DISEASES OF SWINE 



hogs, feeding floors, sleeping quarters, etc., with 

 a disinfectant is a necessary part of the treatment. 

 Lime is one of the most useful of disinfectants, and 

 in whitewashing the rough, uneven surfaces about 

 the hog houses, it is best to use a spray pump. 

 The tar disinfectants should be relied on in de- 

 stroying or retarding the development of the germs 

 about the feed troughs, floors, etc., and should be 

 used in from two to four per cent, solutions. Other 

 agents can be used for this purpose, but the two 

 mentioned are the most practical and useful. 



Both the sick and well hogs should be fed a 

 light, sloppy diet (shorts, bran, etc.). The water 

 and slop must not be left in the troughs for the 

 hogs to wallow in. Copper sulphate dissolved in 

 the slop and drinking-water in the proportion of 

 four or five ounces to the barrel may lessen the 

 chance for infection through the food supply. 



As soon as a hog comes down with the disease, 

 it should be removed to the pens set off for the 

 sick animals. These should not communicate in 

 any way with the pens where the well hogs are 

 kept. 



The dead hogs should be burned. This is not 

 a difficult task, if the body is placed on top of a 

 pile of wood that burns quickly and makes a hot 

 fire. If disposed of by burying, it should be well 

 done and the body covered with lime. However, 

 this is not as satisfactory as burning. 



The length of time that the hog houses and 

 yards remain infected after the hogs have stopped 



