Show RANGE HOGS HELP SPREAD CHOLERA disease may reach animals in remote corners prepared by the united states depart tn eat of 0 agriculture 1 service all of the factors responsible tor for the spread of hok hog cholera infection are not known but the range hog ts of the south Is recognized as dangerous in spreading prea ding this disease says dr T P white of the united states department part ment of agriculture on a recent trip ot of inspection into kentucky tennessee n es s alabama mississippi louisiana louisin n a ee oklahoma kin homa missouri illinois indiana and ohio doctor white who ts Is a assistant ssI stant chief of the division of hog cholera control of the bureau of animal industry had opportunity to took look into the cholera situation in the south says doctor white the range hog Is an important factor in the perpetuation of hog cholera hogs roaming at targe large subsisting ou oo acor acorns ns and other oilier nuts are just as susceptible cep tible to hog bog cholera as those kept in pastures and lots lota when affected with disease the restricted hors hogs can be treated and it if any of them die frons fron cli cholera olera or other infectious desea es they can be burned or buried thus removing the danger that infection may be carried away in the vase case of range hogs however cholera may reach the herd when ft hen the hogs are feeding in remote areas and when the condition to la discovered it fit at all it Is usually too late to treat the animals in fact the first warning the owner receives as a rule cornea comes when he finds several dead hogs scattered here nod and there although in some come of the states mea cloned typical range conditions do not exist the tha fact that hogs bogs often run at large along public highways and on oa unfenced tracts indicates lack of control over their movements with ro re suiting exposure to any cholera infection that may be present cholera sick hogs dying in remote or hidden places constitute a potential source of infection doctor white declares susceptible bogs may feed on these carcasses dogs may carry pieces of the hie infected meat to home herds buzzards tire are still suspected as carriers of the infection and the disease may spread in other ways immunization Is the safeguard against this danger out unfortunately range hogs ure tire usually left in a susceptible state most owners having neither the inclination nor the means to have them immunized against hog cholera doctor white invites public attention to this problem the solution of which would mean more effective control of the disease |