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Ring-like patches of hair dropping from the skin, the center of these patches 

 becoming dry and the edges moist. Ringworm, Page 266. 



Rooting; looseness or costiveness of bowels; sometimes a little blood and 

 mucus in the manure; enormous appetite with little improvement in flesh; 

 uneasiness ; pain ; scratching of nose and hind parts. Worms, Page 271. 



Running about wildly in last stages of the disease ; generally running in a 

 circle; running into objects; rapid laborious breathing; poor appetite. In 

 first stages the sympto.ms are : blood-shot eyes ; disinclination to move ; 

 acts stupid; bowels constipated; pulse hard and quick. Epilepsy, Page 

 253. 



Running into objects ; hog acts stupid ; running in a circle ; falling over and 

 straightening out legs ; frothing at the mouth ; rapid laborious breathing. 

 Blind Staggers, Page 249. 



Sack. Testicle sack is greatly enlarged and feels dough-like and soft to the 

 touch. Scrotal Hernia or Rupture. 



Scaly appearance of skin; pimples appearing on the skin from which fluid 

 oozes ; fluid hardens and comes off giving the skin a scaly appearance. 

 Scaly Skin Disease, Page 266. 



Scratching of nose and hind parts ; rooting; looseness or costiveness of bowels ; 

 sometimes a little blood and mucus in the manure; enormous appetite; 

 with little improvement in flesh ; uneasiness ; pain. Worms, Page 271. 



Shaking and trembling and bending of head following an unthrifty condition. 

 The pig soon gets stiff and tumbles over, struggling a short time. After 

 lying quiet for a little while he gets up and acts perfectly well until an- 

 other sick spell overtakes him. Fits in Pigs, Page 254. 



Shifting the weight from one foot to another continually; walking with fore- 

 feet far in advance of the body. Founder or Sore Feet, "Page 267. 



Shivering; hiding under the litter; disinclined to move about; loss of appetite; 

 sluggishness; weakness; high fever; lying on belly; weakness of hind 

 limbs at first and later of front limbs ; inflamed eyes and gummed lids ; red 

 or purplish blotches on the skin, especially on the abdomen, inside the 

 legs and around the neck and ears ; rapid, weak pulse ; dry snout covered 

 with blood-stained spots; intense thirst; bowels tight at first but later 

 loose and offensive ; tender abdomen ; often a hard cough ; many hogs dy- 

 ing within a few days. Hog Cholera (acute), Page 254. 



Sitting on haunches ; hog moves head from side to side ; changes position fre- 

 quently ; grunts ; squeals ; sometimes bloats. Colic, Page 251. 



Skin. Hair dropping from the skin in ring-like patches; the center of these 

 patches becoming dry and the edges moist. Ringworm, Page 266. 



Skin hot and dry ; throat inclined to fill up ; spasmodic coughing ; difficulty in 

 swallowing dry feed. Sore Throat, Page 268. 



Skin. Pimples appearing on the skin from which fluid oozes; fluid hardens 

 and comes off giving the skin a scaly appearance. Scaly Skin Disease, 

 Page 266. 



