Show county agent warns hog producers hog producers in san juan should be on the lookout for outbreaks of swine erysipelas warns J F parrish county agent who explains that the disease has become quite common in utah during the past two years swine erysipelas is a contagious disease attacking all ages of f pigs states mr parrish adding that the symptoms lis vary in different outbreaks in the acute form the hog dies within a couple of days while in the chronic forms the symptoms include rheumatism swollen joints peeling of the skin in patches and a general unthrifty condition of the hogs the thing that complicates control of erysipelas is that the disease bacteria lives indefinitely in the soil points out mr parrish once a ranch is infected it it is difficult to rid the premises of the disease control of erysipelas is based on elimination of diseased hogs and providing clean dis infected quarters and uncontaminated pastures pasture for newly introduced stock in acute outbreaks loss lass can be controlled by serum but in chronic cases serum is less effective in case symptoms of the disease are observed in the swine herd mr r advises hog producers to call a veterinarian immediately for diagnosis and treatment mr parrish also warns that the disease is communicable to humans in the form of an skin infection and suggests that farmers take care not to expose their hands in handling infected hogs hog s |