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Show Swine Vaccination Successful More than eight million pigs have been vaccinated against swine erysipelas ery-sipelas in the past 10 years in the largest single animal disease control con-trol experiment in American history, his-tory, livestock health authorities report. The huge experimental project, pro-ject, using the live-culture and serum ser-um method of vaccination, has been carried on since 1938 under the federal and state supervision, the American Foundation for Animal Ani-mal Health reports, and results have been "entirely satisfactory". Swine erysipelas runs quickly through the herd, killing many hogs and making other victims unprofitable un-profitable for market. Moreover, the disease can be contracted from swine by other animals and poultry, poul-try, as well as human beings. |