DISEASES OF SWINE. 



General Symptoms. 



Appetite ; loss of appetite ; fever ; thirst ; much distress ; dry mouth ; diarrhea 

 with a little blood ; weakness ; once in a while vomiting. Inflammation 

 of the Bowels Enteritis, Page 252. 



Appetite, loss of; udder tender and hard; fever; shrinkage in milk. Inflamed 

 Udder, Page 259. 



Appetite poor (in sows) ; dullness ; thirst ; fever ; much pain/ Inflammation 

 of the Womb, 'Page 259. 



Arched back ; pains in the side ; chills ; fever ; some coughing ; uneasiness ; 

 fast breathing. Pleurisy, Page 265. 



Back arched; pains in the side; chills; fever; little coughing; uneasiness; fast 

 breathing. Pleurisy, 'Page 265. 



Black teeth (veterinarians as a rule do not consider black teeth as a symptom 

 of disease). 



Blind. Hog acts blind in last stages of the disease ; poor appetite ; rapid la- 

 borious breathing; delirium. (The hog runs about wildly, generally in 

 a circle. He runs into things.) Symptoms in first stages of the disease : 

 disinclination to move; acts stupid; bloodshot eyes; bowels constipated; 

 pulse hard and quick. Epilepsy, Page 253. 



Blisters or tumors on the mouth or between the toes fever ; perhaps dullness. 

 Aphthous Fever, Page 248. 



Bloating; little fever; ill smelling manure; passing of dry manure at first but 

 later thin manure containing blood and mucus ; uneasiness ; poor appe- 

 tite ; dullness ; some distress. Dysentery, 'Page 252. 



Bloating; much pain. Acute Indigestion, 'Page 248. 



Bloating, pain; chills; fever; quick breathing; tenderness of abdomen; vomit- 

 ing and quickened pulse. Peritonitis, 'Page 264. 



Blood and mucus. Passing of dry manure at first but later thin manure con- 

 taining blood and mucus ; uneasiness ; poor appetite ; dullness ; some pain ; 

 fever and bloating ; ill-smelling manure. Dysentery, "Page 252. 



Bloating with pain and uneasiness coming on very suddenly sometimes; 

 vomiting. Obstruction of the Bowels, Page 263. 



Blood. Diarrhea with a little blood in the manure; weakness; dry mouth; 

 loss of appetite ; fever ; thirst ; much pain ; sometimes vomiting. Inflam- 

 mation of the Bowels or Enteritis, Page 252. 



Blood discharges from nose (in severe cases) ; discharges of mucus ; snuffling. 

 Snuffles, 'Page 267. 



Blood-shot, prominent eyes ; hog stupid ; restless ; suddenly he may drop over 

 as though hit with a sledge hammer and the limbs become straight and 



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