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Show Federal Officials War on Fake Livestock Remedies Fake cures for hog cholera have ' practically disappeared and' contagious contagi-ous abortion "cures" are rapidly disappearing dis-appearing from the market through the iterslslent activities of officials of , the United States Department of Agriculture, Ag-riculture, who have succeeded In ridding rid-ding the market of hundreds of nas-trums nas-trums which not only, lacked curative proiiertles but were actually harmful they Interfered with proper preventative preventa-tive measures. .. Dr. H. E. Moskey, veterinarian of the Food, Drug nnd Insecticide Administration, Ad-ministration, says the "worst offenders offend-ers are alleged cures for diseases for which there are no known drug .cures, When a sick animal docs not. Immediately Immedi-ately recover under competent medical medi-cal treatment, the owner sometimes turns with all 'good Intentions to some preparation which the manufacturers claim will not only effect a cure but 'purify the blood' and "Imprcvo the digestion.' " 'Several contagions abortion "cures" lately taken off the market wen-found wen-found ' to be composed only of table, salt with a slight addition of carbolic acid. This stuff gold for a dollar a pound nnd its effect on stock was no no different from that of ordinary salt. It was widely advertised as a preventative and treatment for contagious con-tagious abortion and other abnormal ities resulting from the abortion disease. dis-ease. Companies mnnufarturni; such "cures" were wound to have sales of over $1,000 monthly. Twenty so-calle dubortion remedies have been removed 'rom the market recently by the Food, Drug, ami Insecticide In-secticide Administration. It was necessary nec-essary to bring only one to trial. Numerous- mlsdlnnded hog-cholera remedies have also been removed from the livestock drug market. Their makers claimed some of these preparations prepar-ations would not only cure hog cholera but. would also be "effective to destroy lung and Intestinal worms." Department Depart-ment of Agriculture chemists found i'voth claims to be false. |