How Is Hog Cholera Transmitted?
The most common method of transmission is direct contact between healthy swine and those infected with hog cholera. The disease also can be transmitted through contact with body secretions and excrement (feces) from infected animals. Healthy pigs coming into contact with contaminated vehicles, pens, feed, or clothing may contract the disease as well. Birds, flies, and humans can physically carry the virus from infected swine to healthy swine. Swine owners can inadvertently spread hog cholera through feeding their herds untreated food wastes containing infected pork scraps.
