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uu'inliraiu's may ronii oi- tlic imicous nicniliiaiK' liccoiiu' fjaiiiircnous. 'I'lii' 

 tlisoaso may (Icvclop rai>i(lly and llic ail' i)assaji('s bccdiiio elosi'd ])y tlu' 

 swcllin.u ill a few litnirs and llic jiiir <lir. Sdiiicliiiics the auiiiial dies us 

 a rcsnil ni' ihc local ulccial iuii m- iroiii .i;ciicial JMfi'ction. In llic less 

 sf'vort' casi's tlio disease laiiis a eourse of a week or more. In this latter 

 form, if not eaused by patlioirenic orj^anisms, recovery usually occurs. 



'rreatineiit.- The sick ho.u' slionld In- isolatt'd from the healthy ones 

 and {iivcn rlcan. diy. conirortahle (iiiarlers. 'fliis part of llu; treatment 

 is very imi)orlant if llie iiiHammation is due to septic or.sranisms.- Slopp.v 

 food should be fed. In cold weather this should be warmed. Mild, stimu- 

 lating liniments can be applied to the throat. In some cases the throat 

 cau be covered by sheep skin or a heavy liaiinel bandage. Sometimes a 

 lilistering ointment (powdered cantharides one part and vaseline ei.uht 

 part.s) is applied to the skin in the region of the throat. An electuary made 

 of syrup, three ounces, and tincture of aconite, two drams, can be given 

 in teaspoonful or tablespoonful doses three times daily. By confining ilie 

 lioi; with a noose arovuul the upper jaw the throat can be swabbed out 

 with antisejitlc washes (silver nitrate one iiart, water one hundred parts; 

 or permanganate of potassium (two parts, Avater ninety-eight parts). It 

 is best to make the handle of tiie swab of/Avire or the hog may bite it in 

 two. In acute attacks, or when thi' Inllamed parts beconu' gangrenous, 

 treatment is of no use. 



lironchitis. Causes. — These are (he same as in common cold or sore 

 throiit. r.idiichitis is frequently caused liy irritation from dust or para- 

 sites. 



Symittoms.— In tlie acute form the l)Ody temperature is elevated and 

 the appetite imp.-iired. The breathing is usually distressed and coughing 

 frequently occurs. The disease does not run a definite course and may 

 Ix'C'ome chronic if the exciting caiis<;s are kept up. In this form of the 

 disease the pig does not thrive as it should, and when the air passages 

 are irritfited in the least by dust, etc.. it Avill cough violently. Coughing 

 is especially prone to occur ni»on leaving the bed or after exercise. Pigs 

 seldom die of tjiis affection. 



Treatment.— This is largely preventive. Cood food and care are about 

 all the treatment necessaiy. 



Pneumonia. Causes.— The coninion causes of other respiratory dis- 

 eases may cause ])neunioni;i. Plethoi'a Is the pi'iiicipal predisposing cause. 

 Among the exciting causes can f»e mentioned fatigue and impure air. In 

 young hogs the lung worm will frequently cause a lobular pneumonia. 



Symptoms. — Pneumonia nniy come on quickly, beginning with a chill 

 and attended Avith a high fever, or as a complication of some other respira- 

 tory disease. The hog will remain down most of the time hiding under 

 the litter and Avill eat nothing or but very little. The respirations are 

 hurried. Exercise is followed by niai-kcd exhaustion, snmetim(>s by death. 

 The cough is at tii'st deei) and dry. later more moist. iMu'ing the tiivst 



