Very very sorry for your losses.
If there's risks where I gotta wear gloves when cleaning hogs, my dogs will not be eating them. I've always kept to myself on that because I know ALOT of folks do feed their dogs hog meat....to each their own, I'll just never do it. Maybe I'm jaded from being a Vet Tech for many years and seeing a lot of dogs come in with pancreatitis from getting a hold of/eating some kind of pork. My doctors I worked under always said pork wasn't good for dogs, and I figure with all that schoolin, they must know something, lol. I know a lot of folks do this with no visible issues, but I never will. I'll stick to kibble and chicken every now and then. One time, on accident, we were cleaning a sow, and one of the dogs snatched up a piece of meat that fell on the ground and swallowed it before I could get it. He was shattin some green jelly type poo for about a month after that.
Wouldn't it be nice if a vaccine was created to protect our dogs from contracting Brucellosis??
Another thing to remember as well is whenever you breed off your yard, especially when it's to another working dog, it's a smart idea to have said dog tested for Brucellosis by a vet beforehand. It's fast and inexpensive. I know we can't help it with the hogs, but we can at least try to control it being transmitted from dog to dog.
