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Treatment. — It is probable that more proprietary remedies have 

 been devised and advertised as hog cholera cnres than for any other 

 disease of domesticated animals. The application of therapeutie 

 agents other than anti-hog cholera serum has not proved satisfactory 

 in any proved outbreak of cholera. Hog cholera is a preventable dis- 

 ease, and prevention is far more satisfactory and economic than treat- 

 ment of affected animals. 



Hog houses and yards and hog pens should be located where they 

 can be properly drained. It is not necessary for swine to have mud 



Eig. 79. A wrong disposal of cholera hog carcasses. Chickens and dogs 

 feeding on such carcasses may be prolific distributors of the infection. 



and filth for their existence. They will thrive better when kept in 

 sanitary quarters. The sheds and hog houses should be properly con- 

 structed in order that they can be kept in a sanitary condition. It has 

 been the custom to consider that anything is good enough for swine. 

 Thus many men having extensive financial interests in pork production 

 are constantly seeking fermented grain and moldy and otherwise 

 spoiled or damaged foods for their swine, because such foodstuff can 

 usually be purchased for less money than a clean, wholesome food. 

 But such foods interfere with the digestion, thus weakening the ani- 



