Show doll RANGE HOGS HELP SPREAD CHOLERA disease may reach animals in in remote corners prepared by the united states department ot of service all of the factors for the spread of hog cholera infection are not known but the range hog of the south Is recognized as dangerous in spreading this disease says dr T P white of the united states department part ment of agriculture on a recent trip of inspection into kentucky tennessee alabama mississippi louisiana oklahoma missouri illinois indiana and ohio doctor white who la Is assistant chief of the division of hog cholera control of the bureau of animal industry had opportunity to look into the cholera situation in the south says doctor white the range hog Is an important factor in the perpetuation of hog cholera logs hogs roaming tit nt large subsisting on acorns and other nuts are just as susceptible cep tible to hog cholera ns as those kept in pastures and lots when affected with disease the restricted hogs can be treated and if any of them die from cholera or other infectious infections di diseases seanes they can be burned or burled thus removing the danger that infection may be carried away in the vase case of range hogs however cholera may reach the herd when the hogs are feeding in remote areas and when the condition Is discovered it if at all it Is usually too late to treat the animals in fact the first warning the owner receives as a rule comes when he finds several dead hogs scattered here and there although in some of the states mentioned typical range conditions do not exist the fact that hogs often run at large along public highways find and on unfenced tracts indicates lack lach of control over their movements with resulting 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 deplares susceptible hogs may feed on these carcasses dogs may carry pieces of the infected meat to home 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 are 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 ilore effective control of the disease |