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DISEASES OF SWINE AND OTHER ANIMALS. 



Post-7noriem examinalion. — Skin: Naturally black; no pui-ple nor congested spots 

 seeu. 



DUicstive organs: Montli aud throat healthy. 



G-ilttural hi'inphatic f/lancli: Enlarged aud yomowhat congested. 



Stomach: Moderately I'nll ; of a deep brownish red along itg great ciu-vaturo. 



SmallinteSfine : Slightly coiigested in patches; «jontains twelve ascarides. 



Large intestine: Nearly normal. 



Mesenteric himjihaiic glands : Enlarged and slightly congested. Their siniacc presents 

 clear, glistening, rounded n^asscs like pins' heads, inguinal glands have the same 

 character. 



Lung: Isolated lohulettes arc dark red and solid; at some points the interlobular 

 connective tissue is distended by a dark-red infiltration. 



In the bronchia of the leff Ir.ng were twelve strongyli. 



EXPEEIMEISTT No. 9. 

 Common ivMtepig, ten weeks old. 



Post-mortem examination. — Skin: Margin of snout for one-half lino deep of a dark 

 brown, and ap^iarently without vascularity or life. Beneath this is a red congested 

 line. 



Ears : Deeply blotched with dark red and j)urple maculfe, each about one-half inch 

 in diameter, but to a great extent confluent, so as to form extended lines and patches. 

 Stump of tail maculated. Perineimi and adjacent parts of hip of a deep purple. 



Digestive organs : Tongue with a whitish fur. On the center of its dorsal surface is 

 a dark spot about two lines in diameter, wMch is found to cover a consideral)le ex- 

 travasation and clot on the muscular substance. Glandular follicles ou the lower sur- 

 face of the soft palate tilled with a soft yellowish puriform mass. 



SuhmaxiUiarg lympUntic glands: Greatly enlarged and of a deep purple. Guttural 

 glands also blood-stained and moderately enlarged. 



St07nach: Full, very fetid, not sour. Great cui'vature has its mucous menibraTie much 

 congested vrith nimierous black spots of extravasation iirojectiug beyoud the general 

 surface. In the left cul de sac the ingcsta next the mucous membrane is of a dark 

 baked appearance and firmly adherent to the inucous membrane, the epithelial layer 

 of which comes olT with it. It has evidently been adherent for some time. 



Small intesiines : llavelarge tracts of congestion, and in the duodeiwnu and conuuence- 

 ment of the jejuuum are ten ascarides. Seven ascarides have made their Avayinto Iho 

 gall duct aiul the dili'ereut lobes of the liver, but none in the (lystic duet nor gall- 

 bladder. The biliary duct is greatly distended aud coated with a layer of yellowisli- 

 greeu biliary coloring matter. 



The ilio-cceeal valve: Has its margin of a deep grayish-black aud its ibllicles en- 

 larged. 



The large intestines : Are throughout black from piguientary deposit, tJie blackness 

 being especially marked on the agminated ghmd, extending Ji-oin Ihe ilio-ca^cal valve 

 ou the colom Many round blackish elevations are scattered over the length of the 

 colon, ai)X)caring like enlarged solitary glands. On some parts of the colon the dark 



