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Show HOG CHOLERA THREATENING UTAH COUNTY County Agricultural Agent Urges Careful Vaccination of All Hogs in County. By J. P. YELCH. Hog cholera, the most serious disease dis-ease of hogs, has again made its ap-ppfiniTipe ap-ppfiniTipe in LTtnh county. Two years ago, we iitu e,... ..-"e' of cholera the county has ever experienced, ex-perienced, but by rigid quarantine measures ano careful vaccination of all hogs, the disease was soon controlled. con-trolled. It behoves all owners of swine, re-garless re-garless of where they live in the county, or the number of hogs they own', to have them immunized against hog cholera. If they do not, the county may witness similar losses loss-es to those of 1921. i The extension service is anxious , to assist in controlling such out-: out-: breaks. If people who have sick i hogs will call the agricultural agnt, Provo post office building, he will see that a state of government vet- erinarian is sent out at once to investigate. in-vestigate. Orv request of the agri- cultural agent, Dr. C. L. Jones, federal fed-eral agricultural inspector, has pre- pared the following article on the explanation of hog cholera : "Hog cholera is a highly contagious contag-ious disease caused by a germ of : micro-organism which is present In , the blood and secretions of the Iwidy. Although insanitary surroundings . nnd improper feeding tend to lower the vitality and thus perhaps render animals less able to withstand the disease, such conditions cannot of . themselves cause hof cholera. It can be produced only by the specific micro-organism of hog cholera. "The symptoms of hog cholera differ dif-fer in different hogs and in differ- ient herds, depending upon the strength of germs nnd the ability of the hogs to withstand the disease. As a result of these variations, the disease exists in two forms: acute and chronic. In the acute form, the , hoirs die very quickly. In the chronic form, the hogs may be nick for weeks and months before succumbing. suc-cumbing. Conslipntion Is generally followed by diarrhea. As the disease reaches reach-es its hcU'hts. red nr purplish blotch-j blotch-j cs are likel- to appear upon the skin of t1' mm-: Im-iIv and inner surface sur-face of the legs. The temperature of hogs is of , much Importance in diagnosing cholera. chol-era. When cholera is present, the; temperalure ranges from 104 de- fgrees to 107 degrees F. and even higher. |