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Javma37-43 Anthrax In Swine, L. Van Es
Javma37-43 Anthrax In Swine, L. Van Es
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Anthrax is not commonly considered so important a menace to swine as it is to other forms of live stock, in which the disease is apt to declare itself with terrifying severity. In comparison with the marked mortality frequently observed in cattle, the tangible losses caused by anthrax in swine seem negligible. As recent as 25 years ago, there still were observers who sincerely doubted the occurrence of the disease in hogs and this opinion found some support in the many reported failures to induce the infection in that animal species by artificial methods.