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chloride of zinc, pure turpentine, 5-10% solution of tannic acid, 

 glycerine, 3% solution of creolin; deodorizing solutions may be 

 used in addition, such as 0.3% solution of potassium perman- 

 ganate. After the ulcers have become clean, mild disinfectant 

 and astringent solutions are indicated. 



During treatment, the animals have to be fed suitably with 

 liquid, juicy nourishment (milk, meat). The teeth whicli have 

 already become loosened must be removed, a procedure which 

 in the beginning of the disease occasionally leads to a rapid 

 termination of the pathologic process. 



Literature. Cadeac, J. vet., 1907, 484.— Hebrant, Ann., 1903, 11. 



Other Diphtheritic Inflammations of the Mucosa of the Mouth. 



Aside from hog cholera and diphtheria of calves and older cattle, other 

 distinct diphtheritic inflammations occur occasionally on the mucosa of 

 the mouth. Bang and Lanritsen saw diphtheritic pseudomembranes in 

 hogs, (Lauritsen in very young sucking pigs), on the mucosa of the 

 lips and the buccal cavity in connection with a painful swelling of the 

 skin in the neighborhood of the snout, occasionally with diphtheritic 

 necrosis of the mucosa of the septum of the nose. This was associated 

 with very rapid emaciation. Stallmann saw a similar disease in goats 

 Avith salivation, disturbed deglutition, lack of appetite, and high fever; 

 most of the animals died. In the case of young pigs, curetting of the 

 necrotic tissue followed by astringent irrigations gave good results. 

 (Lauritsen, Maanedsskr. 1903, XV. 121.— Stallmann, Pr. Mt. 1880, VI. 

 51. See also Necrobacillosis.) 



