DISEASES OF SWINE AND OTHER ANIMALS. 



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Tne hnuis hiiTG a few Llack sijots of eccliymosis and blood- colored extravasation in 

 tlie connective tissue liet^veen the lobules. TLe lobnles themselves are only very 

 slightly congested. The left main bronchus present a spot of eccliymosis. 



Jlcurt : Empty, presents slight sanguineous discoloration through the lining mem- 

 brane. 



EXTERIMENT NO. 5. 



Poland China pig, nine ireelcs old. 



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Temperature 

 of body. 



104.5 

 103. 75 

 104 

 103 

 104 

 101 

 103.5 

 103 

 102.5 

 102.5 

 102.75 

 101 

 102 

 105 

 106. 75 

 104.75 

 102 

 102 

 102 

 103 



101.25 

 102.5 

 101 

 100.9 

 100 

 98.5 

 102.5 

 100. 5 

 104.5 



Eemaris. 



Inoculated with ingesta from the large intestme ; also a portion 

 of the m-acou3 membrane, both ha\ing been preserved in dry 

 bran for a month. 



Rump and tips of cars purple. 

 Scours. 



Seoura ; feces fetid. 



Very ■weak; eats little; fetid diarrhea. 



Killed hy bleeding. 



Post-mortem examination at once. — Sldn : Ears of a deep purple and thickly covered 

 with concretions. Remainder of the skin has similar concretions, but no eccliymosis is 

 observable. The snout presents scarcely .a spot of discoloration. 



Digestive organs : Extensive indiu-ation and ulcer on the left side of its median part 

 and exteinliiig over its border. A similar but smaller ulcer exists on the right margin 

 directly ojiposite. Small ulcers exist on the dorsum near the hip ; also a di]dilheTitic- 

 looking deposit extending over the margin on to the lower surface. Tonsils, iialate, 

 and pharynx sound. Submaxillary and gutteral lymphatic glands are enlarged and 

 congested. 



Stomach : Has its mucous membrane thick, rugose, and as if water-soaked along its 

 great curvature. 



Stnall intestine : With mucous membrane thickened and puckered tliroughout ; the 

 duodenum deeply congested. 



Ilio-ea-val valve: Thickened ; its follicles enlarged and filled witha yellowLsh deposit. 



Mucous membrane of ca:cum and colon deeply pigmented and of a dark gray aspect. 

 Some parts of the colon aro still red in patches. Rectum iiigmented, pres^-nts several 

 small ulcers and a caseous deposit beneath the mucous membrane. 



Liver: Bears blue patches of various sizes; gall-bladder contains a little bile of a 

 bright j-ellow color, with greenish flakes. 



Spleen : Small and puckered, so that its borders turn inward. 



Pancreas sound. 



Abdominal himphatic glands: Hepatic, gastric, splenic, pancreatic, mesenteric, sublum- 

 bar, .and pelvic, as well as tJie iliac, aro enlai-ged, pigmenteil, and x^nrtially congested. 



Kidneys: Corticle substances pale yellov.-ish, slightly softened ; in the case of one, 

 reddened to the depth of one-tliird line. Medullary ])oilion deeply colored. 



Respirator]! organs: Larynx and trachea sound ; right lung with almost the normal 

 pale pink hue externally, but seems to bo congested internally when out into; left 

 lung nearly normal ; heart and pericardium uonual. 



