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Symptoms. In many cases the animal sneezes and coughs, but if the 

 case is light, no sickness may be observed. In bad cases there is a loss of 

 appetite, a rash breaks out in about four days (this is more easily seen on 

 white-skinned hogs), the throat is sore, the eyes inflamed, the temperature 

 high, and the pulse is rapid. The disease begins to go away about the sixth 

 or seventh day. Be very careful of relapses. They develop more serious 

 diseases. 



Treatment. Practically all the hogs need when they have measles is 

 good care and protection from storms, filth and wet. They seldom need 

 medicine unless it is something to check the cough or diarrhea or to loosen 

 the bowels. Milk and red pepper is good, also an egg fed to the hog. If the 

 hog shows weakness strong lye-like coffee will revive it. 



A group of well grown and well finished hogs. 



Morbid Appetite. 



Bad foods usually have sour material which makes an excess of acid in 

 the stomach. This condition causes the hog to lose its desire to eat and causes 

 it to lose flesh. Regulate the feed. Put in closed pen for a while. 



Treatment. Put the hog on a light diet which is easily digested. Many 

 farmers give a mixture of charcoal, ginger, and common baking soda. Egg 

 shells, sour milk, soft coal, and even soft wood and acorns neutralize the con- 

 dition. 



Nasal Catarrh. 



During a dry summer catarrh is prevalent in both animals and people. 

 Dust, chaff, grass seeds, and golden rod pollen have a great effect on animals 

 in developing catarrh and asthma. 



