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THE DISEASES OF SWINE. 



SWINE PLAGUE OR SWINE ANTHRAX, 



Also known as hog cholera, red soldier, blue sickness, 

 measles, erysipelas, intestinal fever, typhoid fever, &c, is 

 a highly contagious and infective disease. It has a period 

 of incubation, after inoculation, of about five days, when 

 the temperature is 104 or 106°, succeeded by signs of 

 general ill health and usually a rash on the skin. It is 

 epizootic, and is the most fatal swine disease. Pigs dif- 



Fig. 157. Part of caecum (blind gut), a, ilio-caecaJ opening, b. b, 5, 

 ulcers in various stages. 



fer in their susceptibility to it. It appears to be caused 

 by contagion or infection only, no amount of misman- 

 agement, filth, lack of drainage; or decomposing food 

 being sufficient to induce it. (Williams.) 



