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Rapp-Chats
By Rap Owings,
Bet. Agent
Our beloved state of Virginia is 1 rapidly developing a new reputation. An unwanted one to be sure, as the hog cholera hot bed of the nation. We led the U.S. in the number of cholera outbreaks during the first two weeks of April. From January 1 to May 10 there were 46 confirmed cases. (As you will remember, we had two cases in Rappahannock last year). During this same interval twenty-five states, including the major swine producing area of Ohio, Indiana and Nebraska have not had a single case. And neighboring Canada eliminated this costly disease years ago. The majority of new cases have resulted from the movement of infected pigs. Some people, and this is hard to believe, have actually unloaded diseased pigs onto other dealers and farmers. Trace - backs of infected hogs have revealed in some cases, hogs have been on the road for as long as 2 V4 months. In order to eliminate this method of hog cholera transmission, a regulation was put into effect last April 20th prohibiting the selling of feeder and breeder swine at livestock markets on the same day that slaughter hogs are sold.
This regulation should reduce much of the trading conducted by livestock dealers at these markets, but on the other hand, it may result in more up and down the road selling. If all of us would take the following precautions, we would help speed up the elimination of hog cholera in the U.S.:
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